HEPATIC CYSTADENOMA - AN UNUSUAL PRESENTATION

A 53-yr-old woman with a history of hepatic cystadenoma 25 yr before p resented with a simple hepatic cyst, which evolved over 9 yr into a co mplex cystadenoma with septations and internal bleeding, She was treat ed with a left hepatectomy, Review of the literature shows that hepati c cystadenomas, although rare, frequently can recur years later and ha ve potential for malignant transformation. Histologic similarities of one variant with ovarian stroma raises interesting possibilities regar ding the origin of these lesions. The best treatment results are obtai ned with radical excision. (C) 1998 by Am, Cell. of Gastroenterology.