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Case Reports
. 2012 Apr;85(1012):e99-101.
doi: 10.1259/bjr/95019559.

Calcification in biliary hamartomatosis

D Gil-Bello  1 , E Ballesteros, E Sanfeliu, F J Andreu
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Case Reports

Calcification in biliary hamartomatosis

D Gil-Bello et al. Br J Radiol. 2012 Apr.

Abstract

We report a case of histologically confirmed biliary hamartomatosis with calcifications studied by CT.

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Figure 1
Figure 1
Unenhanced abdominal CT with axial slices of the liver shows multiple punctiform calcifications of variable size with a clear predominance in the right lobe.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Gross histological image of the liver shows multiple white-grey nodules.
Figure 3
Figure 3
Haematoxylin and eosin stain of a biliary hamartoma. Nodular areas (arrowheads) with dense hyalinised fibrous stroma and hamartomatous proliferation with irregular ectatic lumens lined with biliary epithelium (original magnification×40). Note the multiple dystrophic calcifications (arrows).
Figure 4
Figure 4
Homogeneous positivity of the calcium deposits after von Kossa staining (arrows), indicating with even more specificity the presence of calcium salts (original magnification ×40).
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