BILE-DUCT HAMARTOMAS - DIAGNOSTIC PROBLEMS AND TREATMENT

Biliary hamartomas are rare, benign malformations of the biliary tract , usually discovered at autopsy or erroneously confused with metastasi s or other cystic hepatic lesions. For these reasons it is necessary t o consider them in the differential diagnosis. The authors describe th ree cases of biliary hamartoma in which the definitive diagnosis was o btained only with the use of histologic examination which represents t he only means available that can draw conclusions about the real natur e of this lesion.