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A CASE REPORT OF VON MEYENBURG COMPLEXES

Published:2023 Issue:1 Volume:21 Page:69-72
ISSN:1313-3551
Container-title:Trakia Journal of Sciences
language:en
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Author:

Hadzhiminev V.¹,Sarpanov A.²,Markov G. E.¹,Kalacheva K.³,Atanasov B.¹,V. Belovezhdov V. Belovezhdov⁴

Affiliation:

1. Department of Propedeutics of Surgical Diseases, Section of General Surgery, Medical University – Plovdiv, Bulgaria

2. Clinic of General Surgery, University Hospital “St. George – Plovdiv, Bulgaria

3. Department of Medical Oncology, MHAT “Central Onco Hospital” – Plovdiv, Bulgaria

4. Department of General and Clinical Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Medical University – Plovdiv, Bulgaria

Abstract

Background: The von Meyenburg complexes (VMC) are a rare clinicopathological entity. They are usually asymptomatic and are presented as multiple small-sized cystic liver lesions. Ultrasonography, CT and MRI are used for diagnosis. Case report: A 74-years old female patient with previous oncologic surgeries was admitted to our department with clinical, laboratory and imaging findings of acute cholecystitis and cystic lesions in the liver. A laparoscopic cholecystectomy with liver biopsy was performed. Liver histology revealed bile duct hamartomas (von Meyenburg complexes). Conclusion: VMC represent a diagnostic problem in patients with oncologic history because they are difficult to be distinguished from liver metastases.

Publisher

Trakia University

Subject

General Medicine

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