title: Biliary cystadenoma with mesenchymal stroma of the liver: correlation between unusual MR appearance and pathologic findings.
abstract: We reported a case of the biliary cystadenoma of the liver. The cystic mass had lobulation and septation and showed marked hyperintensity on T1-weighted images and hypointensity on T2-weighted images; MR findings were very unusual for cystadenoma. The content of the cystic mass was jelly-like, thick mucinous fluid without intracystic hemorrhage. We concluded that these unusual signal intensities of the cyst were due to hyperproteinous mucinous fluid.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Kanazawa University, School of Medicine, Kanazawa City, Ishikawa, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Gabata
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kadoya
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Matsui
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yamashiro
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takashima
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Mitchell
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takeuchi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nakanuma
mesh_terms: D002759:Adenoma, Bile Duct / Q000473:pathology*; D001650:Bile Duct Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D001653:Bile Ducts, Intrahepatic; D018291:Cystadenoma, Mucinous / Q000473:pathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged