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TOTAL EXCISION OF MUCINOUS BILIARY CYSTADENOMA
Author(s) -
LAU W. Y.,
CHOW C. H.,
LEUNG M. L.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/ans.1990.60.3.226
Subject(s) - medicine , mucinous cystadenoma , surgical excision , cystadenoma , surgery , frozen section procedure , cyst , radiology , resection , pancreas
In the past year, total excision of mucinous biliary cystadenomas was carried out in three patients by shelling these lesions out from the liver substances. Formal hepatic resection was unnecessary. As any previous surgical procedure on the cyst will make subsequent excision technically more difficult, or even impossible, it is believed that excision should be carried out at the initial operation. Thus, a correct pre‐operative or intraoperative diagnosis is important. This requires a high index of clinical suspicion, an adequate pre‐operative work‐up and an appropriate use of intra‐operative ultrasound and frozen section to differentiate these lesions from other cystic lesions of the liver.