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14-08-2021 | Hamartoma | Case Report
Intrahepatic Bile Duct Adenoma Masquerading as Metastatic Carcinoma in a Case of Gastric Carcinoma: a Diagnostic Dilemma
Authors:
Pallavi Saraf, Jyotsna Naresh Bharti, Jeewan Ram Vishnoi
Published in:
Journal of Gastrointestinal Cancer
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Issue 3/2022
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Excerpt
Intrahepatic bile duct adenoma is a rare benign tumor originating from bile duct epithelium and accounts for 1.3% of primary liver tumors [
1]. It is thought to be a proliferative lesion of the bile duct that occurs after injury or inflammation [
2]. Few consider it a peribiliary gland hamartoma due to sharing common antigens between BDA and peribiliary glands, suggesting a common line of differentiation [
3]. In contrast, gastric carcinoma is a common malignancy and stands seventh worldwide among malignancies [
4,
5]. …