von Meyenburg complexes are small benign neoplasms of the liver, pathologically containing cystic dilated bile ducts embedded in a fibrous stroma.
Associations (examples)
Complications
cholangiocarcinoma (10935654)
References
Jain D, Sarode VR, Abdul-Karim FW, Homer R, Robert ME. Evidence for the neoplastic transformation of Von-Meyenburg complexes. Am J Surg Pathol. 2000 Aug;24(8):1131-9. PMID: 10935654
Popovsky MA, Costa JC, Doppman JL. Meyenburg complexes of the liver and bile cysts as a consequence of hepatic ischemia. Hum Pathol. 1979 Jul;10(4):425-32. PMID: 38201