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Hepatobiliary cystadenoma is an uncommon lesion that is difficult to diagnose preoperatively. Here we report a 34-year-old woman who presented with enlargement of a cyst that had been observed for the previous 6 months. Diagnostic imaging revealed a 7-cm diameter cystic mass with irregular multiple septation in her liver. All laboratory test results were normal except for serum carbohydrate antigen (CA) 19-9 (62.5 U/ml). Because of the malignant potential and the history of enlargement, a complete surgical excision was performed. The patient was discharged after a good recovery; 2 months after surgery her serum CA19-9 level had returned to normal (32.9 U/ml). Regardless of the diagnostic modalities used, cystadenoma and cystadenocarcinoma cannot be differentiated with accuracy. Therefore complete surgical resection is the recommended therapy.
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Received for publication on Nov. 25, 1997; accepted on April 6, 1998
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Kim, K., Choi, J., Park, Y. et al. Biliary cystadenoma of the liver. J Hep Bil Pancr Surg 5, 348–352 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s005340050058
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s005340050058