ACTA FAC MED NAISS 2019;36(1):79-85

Case report

UDC: 616.361-001-003

DOI: 10.2478/afmnai-2019-0008

Traumatic Intrahepatic Biloma - A Rare Entity Mimicking Neoplasm of The Liver: A Case Report

Aleksandra Radovanović¹, Miljan Krstić¹, Jasmina Gligorijević¹, Aleksandra Veličkov², Marko Stojanović²

¹Center for Pathology and Pathological Anatomy, Clinical Center Niš, Niš, Serbia
²University of Niš, Faculty of Medicine, Niš, Serbia

summary


Bilomas represent large collections of bile, produced due to a rupture of bile ducts. Most frequently, they are located in the perihepatic tissues, rarely intrahepatic ones. Usually, bile ducts rupture is caused by trauma, spontaneous or iatrogenic, or some underlying disease. The majority of bilomas cases are treated by means of drainage procedures. In spite of advanced diagnostic techniques, sometimes they can be misinterpreted as neoplasm. We report a case of biloma that was surgically removed due to suspicion of malignancy, which was histologically examined.

Key words: biloma, trauma, liver, histopathologic confirmation