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Jeffrey L. Marsh, MD; Beverly Dahms, MD; William P. Longmire, Jr., MD

AMA Arch Surg. 1974;109(1):41-43.

Abstract
Primary cystic neoplasms of the intrahepatic and extrahepatic biliary ducts are rare. One biliary cystadenoma and one biliary cystadenocarcinoma have been observed at the UCLA Hospital during the period from 1956 to 1973. Analysis of 31 cases of biliary cystadenoma collected from the world literature reveals the tumor to be slow-growing, with a tendency for malignant alteration. Although most cystadenomas have occurred in the right hepatic lobe of middle-aged women, the only two known cases of cystadenocarcinoma developed in cystadenoma of the left lobe. Hepatic lobectomy for intrahepatic lesions and total excision with biliary diversion for extrahepatic lesions are recommended to avoid recurrence and malignant alteration.

Author Affiliations
Los Angeles

From the departments of surgery (Drs. Marsh and Longmire) and pathology (Dr. Dahms), UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication Feb 20, 1974.

Read before the annual meeting of the Southern California Chapter of the American College of Surgeons, Palm Springs, Calif, Jan 20, 1974.

Reprint requests to Department of Surgery, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 90024 (Dr. Longmire).

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