von Meyenburg complexes
von Meyenburg complexes are small benign neoplasms of the liver, pathologically containing cystic dilated bile ducts embedded in a fibrous stroma.
Associations (examples)
hepatic ischemia (#38201#)
Complications
cholangiocarcinoma (#10935654#)
References
Jain D, Sarode VR, Abdul-Karim FW, Homer R, Robert ME. Evidence for the neoplastic transformation of Von-Meyenburg complexes. Am J Surg Pathol. 2000 Aug;24(8):1131-9. PMID: #10935654#
Popovsky MA, Costa JC, Doppman JL. Meyenburg complexes of the liver and bile cysts as a consequence of hepatic ischemia. Hum Pathol. 1979 Jul;10(4):425-32. PMID: #38201#