Intrahepatic biliary cystadenoma with ciliary metaplasia: Report of a rare morphological variant

Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology

关键词: Biliary cystadenoma;    ciliated lining epithelium;    intrahepatic cyst;    magnetic resonance imaging;   

DOI  :  10.4103/0377-4929.208394

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Histological diagnosis of biliary cystadenoma is based on the type of epithelial cells lining the cyst and radiological features. The cyst-lining cells are not usually ciliated. We herein report a very rare example of an intrahepatic biliary cystadenoma with ciliated epithelial lining, which had taken us away from this diagnosis toward an intrahepatic foregut duplication cyst. Radiologically, also the lesion was deceptive, and a possibility of hydatid cyst was considered. However, immunohistochemical workup finally led us to this diagnosis. This report would document this rare morphological variant, which may pose diagnostic difficulty.

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