Acute abdominal pain due to biliary cystadenoma

JBR-BTR. 2010 Nov-Dec;93(6):310-1. doi: 10.5334/jbr-btr.348.

Abstract

We present a case of a biliary cystadenoma, a rare benign cystic tumor arising in most cases of the intrahepatic bile ducts. A 30-year old woman presented with abdominal pain in the right upper quadrant for about 10 days with increasing severity. Radiological evaluation by means of abdominal ultrasound and CT-scan revealed a multilocular cystic lesion in the right liver lobe, not present on abdominal ultrasound performed 10 years before. The diagnosis of a biliary cystadenoma was proposed and complete surgical resection of the mass was performed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Abdomen, Acute / diagnostic imaging
  • Abdomen, Acute / etiology*
  • Abdomen, Acute / surgery
  • Adult
  • Bile Duct Neoplasms / complications*
  • Bile Duct Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Bile Duct Neoplasms / surgery
  • Cystadenoma / complications*
  • Cystadenoma / diagnostic imaging
  • Cystadenoma / surgery
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Ultrasonography