castleman's disease is an uncommon cause of lymph node enlargement that mostly involves the mediastinum and lung hilum. it is divided into 2 types: localized, which is usually asymptomatic and presents with a mass lesion; and multicentric, which is characterized by chills, anemia, generalized lymphadenopathy and hepatosplenomegaly. an extrathoracic site of involvement is very uncommon, and may ...

Abstract Microwave ablation of liver tumors allows preservation parenchyma with good oncologic outcomes. However, in the caudate lobe is particularly challenging. Adjacent critical anatomy, biliary hilum, has led to location being considered a relative contraindication ablation. To date, no series have described laparoscopic microwave liver. We describe our early experience tumors. In this retr...

Eight patients with biliary obstruction and a pre-operative diagnosis of a neoplastic lesion at the confluence of the hepatic ducts were found postoperatively to have benign disease. Cholangiography was highly suggestive of a malignant stricture in all patients. Angiography performed in six patients indicated that the lesions were potentially resectable. Seven patients underwent elective surger...

A 33-year-old male with abdominal distention after meals was admitted to the hospital. He had a history of surgery for hydatid liver cyst. The cyst was located at the liver hilum and there were portal venous thrombosis and cavernous transformation. It had been treated with partial cystectomy, omentoplasty and albendazole. Two years later at the admission to our center, his laboratory tests were...

Cystic neoplasms of the liver are divided into two types: mucinous cystic neoplasm and cystic intraductal papillary neoplasm of the bile duct. We herein report two cases of cystic and papillary neoplasm of the liver which differed from the abovementioned types. Case  1. A 70-year-old man. Radiologically, a cystic tumor measuring 20 mm in diameter was found at the hepatic hilum. Right hepatectom...

Partial nodular transformation is a rare condition which affects the perihilar portion of the liver and may cause chronic portal hypertension. This case report describes an elderly woman in whom the condition was confined to the caudate lobe, which had become greatly enlarged and, by external compression of the portal vein at the hilum of the liver, had caused portal vein thrombosis and subsequ...

Partial nodular transformation of the liver is a rare condition. Only six cases have been reported previously, all of which presented with bleeding from oesophageal varices. A further example of the disorder is recorded differing in the mode of onset with ascites. The total duration of the illness was eight weeks. Necropsy showed widespread evidence of liver cell damage with nodule formation ar...

Partial nodular transformation is a rare condition which effects the perihilar portion of the liver and may cause chronic portal hypertension. This case report describes an elderly women in whom the condition was confined to the caudate lobe, which had become greatly enlarged and, by external compression of th portal vein at the hilum of the liver, had caused portal vein thrombosis and subseque...