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Comment
. 2011 Jul 7;17(25):3073-4.
doi: 10.3748/wjg.v17.i25.3073.

Intrahepatic biliary cystadenoma: Is there really an almost exclusively female predominance?

Ho Hyun Kim, Young Hoe Hur, Yang Seok Koh, Chol Kyoon Cho, Jin Woong Kim
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Intrahepatic biliary cystadenoma: Is there really an almost exclusively female predominance?

Ho Hyun Kim et al. World J Gastroenterol. .

Abstract

Biliary cystic tumors, such as cystadenomas and cystadenocarcinomas, are rare cystic tumors of the liver, accounting for less than 5% of all intrahepatic cysts of biliary origin. Biliary cystadenomas have been known to occur predominantly in women (> 85%), and 38%-44% of biliary cystadenocarcinomas have occurred in males. We wrote this letter to comment on a brief article (World J Gasteroenterol 2011 January 21; 17(3): 361-365) regarding a case of intrahepatic biliary cystic neoplasm treated with surgery. The adenoma-carcinoma sequence is the possible mechanism of carcinogenesis. If the carcinogenesis of biliary cystadenocarcinoma occurs in the adenoma-carcinoma sequence, we believe that the male-to-female ratio of cystadenoma should be higher than the incidence rate that has been reported to date.

Keywords: Biliary cystadenoma; Carcinogenesis; Cystadenocarcinoma; Incidence.

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