Multiple bile-duct hamartomas

Multiple bile-duct hamartomas (Von Meyemburg complexes).

bar pain and showed multiple small hepatic nodules in a previously asymptomatic 37-year-old woman. Liver function tests and tumor markers were normal. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) demonstrated multiple highly intense, regular nodules (less than 15 mm) with no communication to the bile tree (Fig. 1A). After intravenous gadolinium DTPA, some nodules showed peripheral enhancement from hepatic ...

A Pitfall in the Diagnosis of Unresectable Liver Metastases: Multiple Bile Duct Hamartomas (von Meyenburg Complexes)

Von Meyenburg complexes (VMC) are a cluster of benign liver malformations including biliary cystic lesions, with congenital fibrocollagenous stroma. This rare entity can mimick multiple secondary hepatic lesions. We report a case of a 56-year-old woman who had multiples liver lesions 12 years after operation for breast cancer. Biopsy of the hepatic lesion confirmed the diagnosis of VMC. Preoper...

Multiple myeloma involving the extrahepatic bile duct.

Imaging findings of bile duct hamartomas: a case report and literature review.

Bile duct hamartomas (BHs), also called von Meyenburg complex (VMC), are benign biliary malformations that originate from disorganization of the small intrahepatic bile ducts. This disorganization is often associated with the abnormal involution of embryonic ductal end plates in the liver. This is clinically significant, as the development of BHs can cause diagnostic confusion with liver metast...

Biliary duct hamartomas in polycystic liver disease.

To cite: Schlachterman A, Hussain J, Firpi R. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/bcr-2015211141 DESCRIPTION A 45-year-old Caucasian woman, with no known liver disease, was referred to hepatology clinic for liver biopsy after abnormal image findings during a recent adult chicken pox infection. She presented with mildly elevated alkaline phosphatase of 170 ...