Multiple hepatic peribiliary cysts discovered incidentally at a medical examination

J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2001 Oct;16(10):1167-9. doi: 10.1046/j.1440-1746.2001.02516.x.

Abstract

We report a living patient with multiple hepatic peribiliary cysts. It was discovered incidentally during an ultrasonographic screening at a medical examination. Peribiliary cysts are multiple retention cysts of peribiliary glands. Although many autopsy cases of peribiliary cysts have been reported, there are few clinical cases of it in living patients. A CT performed immediately after drip-infusion cholangiography (DIC) was most useful for diagnosis in various imaging tests we performed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Bile Ducts, Intrahepatic / pathology
  • Cysts / diagnosis*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Diagnostic Imaging
  • Humans
  • Liver Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged