Incidental biliary cystadenoma mimicking liver metastasis in a gastric cancer patient
Pınar Yazıcı1, Ünal Aydın2
1Clinic of General Surgery, Şişli Etfal Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey
2Clinic of General Surgery, İzmir University Medical Park Hospital, İzmir, Turkey
Abstract
Biliary cystadenoma represents a rare benign cystic hepatic neoplasm with premalignant potential. The diagnosis is usually difficult, and imaging methods may not be possible to clarify the pathology. It can be hard to determine, particularly in patients with a previous cancer history that has high metastatic potential in the liver. We presented a 53-year-old man with a newly diagnosed liver mass that was suspicious for metastasis 2 years after gastric cancer surgery and histological analysis confirmed the diagnosis of biliary cystadenoma.
Keywords: Gastric cancer, liver mass, biliary cystadenoma
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Externally peer-reviewed.
Concept - Ü.A.; Design - P.Y., Ü.A.; Supervision - Ü.A.; Funding - P.Y.; Materials - P.Y.; Data Collection and/or Processing - P.Y.; Analysis and/or Interpretation - P.Y., Ü.A.; Literature Review - P.Y.; Writer - P.Y.; Critical Review - Ü.A.
No conflict of interest was declared by the authors.
The authors declared that this study has received no financial support.