title: Bile duct hamartomas--the von Meyenburg complex.
abstract: Hamartomas of the bile duct (von Meyenburg complex) are benign neoplasms of the liver, constituted histologically cystic dilatations of the bile duct, encompassed by fibrous stroma. We report a 42-year-old female patient with symptomatic cholecystitis, whose gross and ultrasonic appearance suggestive of multiple liver metastases. Magnetic resonance imaging and liver biopsy are the gold standards for diagnosis of this rare hepatobiliary condition.
authors.affiliation: University of Taubaté, Department of Medicine, São Paulo, Brazil. valiris@vivax.com.br
authors.forename: Valdemir José Alegre
authors.initials: VJ
authors.lastname: Salles
authors.forename: Alexandre
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Marotta
authors.forename: Jorge Miguel Kather
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Netto
authors.forename: Manlio Basílio
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Speranzini
authors.forename: Marcos Roberto
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Martins
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001649:Bile Duct Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology*; D017081:Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic; D041881:Cholecystitis, Acute / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006222:Hamartoma / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D014741:Video Recording