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ADULT POLYCYSTIC LIVER DISEASE AND BILIARY MICROHAMARTOMAS (VON MEYENBURG'S COMPLEXES)
Author(s) -
Karhunen PEKKA J.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
acta pathologica microbiologica scandinavica series a :pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.909
H-Index - 88
eISSN - 1600-0463
pISSN - 0108-0164
DOI - 10.1111/j.1699-0463.1986.tb03011.x
Subject(s) - polycystic liver disease , medicine , polycystic disease , biliary tract , biliary disease , gastroenterology , general surgery , liver transplantation , kidney , transplantation
The relationship between adult polycystic liver disease (PLD) and biliary microhamartomas (von Meyenburg's complexes) was studied in a series of ten autopsy cases in which the size of the cysts varied from microscopic to 10 cm. Biliary microhamartomas, found in every case, were the most abundant (p <0.001) in livers with cyst size of 1 cm or less and had almost disappeared in cases with the largest cysts. The number of microhamartomas had no significant correlation with age or liver weight. The results indicate that biliary microhamartoma (von Meyenburg's complex) is coupled with adult‐type polycystic liver disease, and, probably, is the histopathological lesion that transforms into cysts. The number of microhamartomas is the highest in the early phase of the disease.