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===Bile duct hamartoma===
===Bile duct hamartoma===
*[[AKA]] ''Meyenburg complex'' and ''von Meyenburg complex''.
*[[AKA]] ''Meyenburg complex'' and ''von Meyenburg complex''.
*Classically associated with ''polycystic kidney disease'' (see ''[[medical liver disease]]'').
*Classically associated with ''polycystic kidney disease'' (see ''[[Medical_liver_disease#Polycystic_kidney_disease_and_the_liver|medical liver disease]]'').
*May be seen in a normal liver - incidental finding at autopsy in 0.5-5.6% of cases.<ref name=pmid19018981>Hepatic von Meyenburg complex: a trigger of severe portal hypertension. Yoshida S, Kurokohchi K, Ueno T, Yoshino M, Shimada M, Masaki T. Liver Int. 2009 Apr;29(4):614-5. Epub 2008 Oct 14. PMID 19018981. URL: [http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=2711260 http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=2711260]. Accessed on: 28 September 2009.</ref>
*May be seen in a normal liver - incidental finding at autopsy in 0.5-5.6% of cases.<ref name=pmid19018981>Hepatic von Meyenburg complex: a trigger of severe portal hypertension. Yoshida S, Kurokohchi K, Ueno T, Yoshino M, Shimada M, Masaki T. Liver Int. 2009 Apr;29(4):614-5. Epub 2008 Oct 14. PMID 19018981. URL: [http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=2711260 http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=2711260]. Accessed on: 28 September 2009.</ref>
*Appearance on ultrasound<ref name=pmid17287178>Bile duct hamartomas--the von Meyenburg complex. Salles VJ, Marotta A, Netto JM, Speranzini MB, Martins MR. Hepatobiliary Pancreat Dis Int. 2007 Feb;6(1):108-9. PMID 17287178.</ref> and CT (hypodense)<ref name=pmid19294869>[The von Meyenburg complex] Schwab SA, Bautz W, Uder M, Kuefner MA. Rontgenpraxis. 2008;56(6):241-4. German. PMID 19294869.</ref> - similar to metastases.
*Appearance on ultrasound<ref name=pmid17287178>Bile duct hamartomas--the von Meyenburg complex. Salles VJ, Marotta A, Netto JM, Speranzini MB, Martins MR. Hepatobiliary Pancreat Dis Int. 2007 Feb;6(1):108-9. PMID 17287178.</ref> and CT (hypodense)<ref name=pmid19294869>[The von Meyenburg complex] Schwab SA, Bautz W, Uder M, Kuefner MA. Rontgenpraxis. 2008;56(6):241-4. German. PMID 19294869.</ref> - similar to metastases.
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