Mucinous biliary cystadenoma

PubMed, the Internet portal of biomedical and life sciences literature, indexed an interesting article, entitled “Giant mucinous biliary cystadenoma.” (Hepatobiliary Pancreat Dis Int. 2007 Feb;6(1):101-3). Authors are Zhou JP, Dong M, Zhang Y, et al., from the Department of General Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital, China Medical University Shenyang, China. Biliary cystadenoma is a very rare cystic neoplasm of the liver. Its clinical features, diagnosis, pathologic characteristics, and optimal surgical management have not been defined clearly. In this article the describe the details of this rare disease. A 40-year-old woman with a mass of the liver was verified by ultrasonography and LT. The patient received successfully a left hepatectomy. After the left hepatectomy, the patient was fully recovered. Her biliary cystadenoma was characterized by specific histological findings. Ultrasonography and CT are the major methods for the diagnosis of mucinous biliary cystadenoma liver. Operation is the best way of treatment. To access the full abstract of the article, click here.