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10023304

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
12
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-2-25
pubmed:abstractText
We report on a patient with biliary cystadenocarcinoma and review 112 previously published cases of this rare cystic hepatic neoplasm. This tumour mainly occurs in women at a ratio of 62% (female) to 38% (male), and at an average age of 56.2 years (range 18-88 years). The origin of these neoplasms is intrahepatic in 97% of cases and extrahepatic in the remaining 3%. The clinical symptoms are nonspecific and are not distinctive from benign cystic liver lesions unless invasive growth of the tumour occurs or distant metastases are present. Sonography and computed tomography (CT), as well as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) demonstrate the multilocular nature of the tumour with septal or mural nodules. Discrete soft tissue masses, thick and coarse calcifications and varying density on CT or intensity on MRI within the loculi are additional non-specific imaging findings. The best therapeutic result with a 5-year survival rate of 100% and a recurrence rate of only 13% was achieved by complete excision (n = 16). Surgical removal of the tumour by complete excision is, therefore, the treatment of choice for biliary cystadenocarcinomas.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0959-8049
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
34
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1845-51
pubmed:dateRevised
2005-11-16
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
Biliary cystadenocarcinoma of the liver: the need for complete resection.
pubmed:affiliation
Department for Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, University of Bern, Switzerland.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review, Case Reports