Biliary cystadenoma: an uncommon cause of recurrent cholestatic jaundice

Am J Gastroenterol. 1986 Feb;81(2):138-40.

Abstract

The clinical history of a patient with intermittent jaundice is presented. The diagnostic work up, including ultrasound, laparoscopy, and endoscopic retrograde cholangiography, revealed a multiloculated cystic mass in the left lobe of the liver. At laparotomy, a multicystic lesion invading the left hepatic duct and protruding into the common bile duct was found. Histological examination revealed a biliary cystadenoma. Complete excision is the treatment of choice of such lesions.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Bile Duct Neoplasms / complications*
  • Bile Duct Neoplasms / pathology
  • Bile Ducts, Intrahepatic / pathology*
  • Cholestasis / etiology*
  • Cystadenoma / complications*
  • Cystadenoma / pathology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Recurrence