A CASE REPORT OF VON MEYENBURG COMPLEXES

A CASE REPORT OF VON MEYENBURG COMPLEXES

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Background: The gildan antique orange von Meyenburg complexes (VMC) are a rare clinicopathological entity.They are usually asymptomatic and are presented as multiple small-sized cystic liver lesions.Ultrasonography, CT and MRI are used for diagnosis.Case report: A 74-years old female patient with previous oncologic surgeries was admitted to our department with clinical, laboratory and imaging findings of acute cholecystitis and cystic lesions in the liver.

A laparoscopic cholecystectomy with lunette mascot liver biopsy was performed.Liver histology revealed bile duct hamartomas (von Meyenburg complexes).Conclusion: VMC represent a diagnostic problem in patients with oncologic history because they are difficult to be distinguished from liver metastases.