03 April 2021>: Articles
Mucinous Cystic Adenoma of the Liver: A Thought-Provoking Case of an Uncommon Hepatic Neoplasm
Rare disease
Hikotaro Katsura * , Tomohide Hori ** , Hideki Harada D , Kazuyoshi Matsumura C , Michihiro Yamamoto D , Masahiro Yamada D , Takefumi Yazawa D , Ben Sasaki D , Katsutoshi Kuriyama C , Masaki Tani D , Asahi Sato D , Yudai Sasaki D , Hidekazu Yamamoto DDOI: 10.12659/AJCR.931368
Am J Case Rep 2021; 22:e931368
Table 1. Diagnostic algorithm of epithelium-lined cystic lesions of the liver [2].
Cystic lesions | Ovarian-like stroma into the wall | Epithelial invasion | Pathological diagnosis | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Epithelium-lined | Biliary, mucinous and/or oncosystic (with or without papillary architecture) | Yes | Yes | MCN with an associated invasive carcinoma |
No | MCN | |||
No | Yes | Malignant IPNB Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma with cystic change | ||
No | IPNB | |||
Ciliated | Ciliated foregut cyst | Ciliated foregut cyst | ||
Cuboidal and/or low columnar | Solitary bile duct cyst | |||
Obstructive biliary dilatation | ||||
Others | ||||
IPNB – intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm of the bile duct; MCN – mucinous cystic neoplasm. |