Von Meyenburg complexes – multiple biliary hamartomas mimicking metastatic liver lesions

Česká verzia

Authors: R. Šefr ¹; J. Silák ¹; P. Fabian ²; M. Ondrák ¹; L. Fiala ¹; O. Zapletal ¹
Authors place of work: Oddělení chirurgické onkologie a operačních sálů, Masarykův onkologický ústav Brno, primář: MUDr. V. Chrenko, CSc. ¹; Oddělení onkologické patologie, Masarykův onkologický ústav Brno, primář: MUDr. P. Fabian, Ph. D. ²
Published in the journal: Rozhl. Chir., 2015, roč. 94, č. 8, s. 340-342.
Category: Kazuistika

Summary

Von Meyenburg complexes are benign liver lesions usually consisting of dilated bile ducts surrounded by fibrous stroma. Their discovery is usually incidental and unsuspected during the early phase of the operative procedure. The sovereign diagnostic method is intraoperative frozen section examination. The complexes are not important as regards their clinical or functional significance. However, this uncommon entity should be taken into consideration in the framework of differential diagnosis of metastatic liver lesions.

Key words:
von Meyenburg complexes –⁠ multiple biliary hamartomas mimicking metastatic liver lesions.

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