title: A Pitfall in the Diagnosis of Unresectable Liver Metastases: Multiple Bile Duct Hamartomas (von Meyenburg Complexes).
abstract: Von Meyenburg complexes (VMC) are a cluster of benign liver malformations including biliary cystic lesions, with congenital fibrocollagenous stroma. This rare entity can mimick multiple secondary hepatic lesions. We report a case of a 56-year-old woman who had multiples liver lesions 12 years after operation for breast cancer. Biopsy of the hepatic lesion confirmed the diagnosis of VMC. Preoperative discovery of multiple gray-white nodular lesions scattered on the surface of the liver should not always contraindicate curative liver resection. The diagnosis of VMC should be known and confirmed with liver biopsy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Digestive Surgery, Amiens North Hospital, University of Picardy, Amiens, France.
authors.forename: David
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authors.lastname: Fuks
authors.forename: Jean-Philippe
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authors.lastname: Le Mouel
authors.forename: Denis
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authors.lastname: Chatelain
authors.forename: Charles
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authors.lastname: Sabbagh
authors.forename: Fabien
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authors.lastname: Demuynck
authors.forename: Marie
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authors.lastname: Brevet
authors.forename: Olivier
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authors.lastname: Brehant
authors.forename: Eric
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authors.lastname: Nguyen-Khac
authors.forename: Thierry
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authors.lastname: Yzet
authors.forename: Frederic
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authors.lastname: Dumont
authors.forename: Pierre
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authors.lastname: Verhaeghe
authors.forename: Jean-Marc
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Regimbeau