[An unusual cause of multiple hepatic cysts].
A metastatic hepatic process, generally arising from a primary tumor of the gastrointestinal tract, is a common cause of multinodular and/or multicystic liver. If the primary tumor remains unknown in spite of complete and exhaustive explorations, it might be useful to re-evaluate the benign nature of previously resected tumors. We report the case of a 37 year-old woman who presented a multicystic metastatic liver related to a nasal cylindrical cell carcinoma resected 4 years earlier and diagnosed initially "inverted papilloma". Cylindrical cell carcinoma also called "transitional carcinoma" or "schneiderian carcinoma" is rare with only a few cases reported in the literature. Metastases occur generally in the lungs and no previous reported cases mention secondary hepatic location.
Guedj
Nathalie
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Service d'Anatomie Pathologique, Hôpital Beaujon, 92118 Clichy Cedex, France.
Cazals-Hatem
Dominique
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Creusy
Colette
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Leteurtre
Emmanuelle
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Brocheriou
Claude
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Degott
Claude
C
D000328:Adult; D002295:Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / Q000150:complications* / Q000556:secondary; D003560:Cysts / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000556:secondary; D009669:Nose Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology