The recognition and identification of benign liver tumors is important since most of these tumors do not require any intervention. The authors report the ultrasonography findings in 16 patients with bile duct hamartomas (von Meyenburg complex) that were evaluated prospectively by an active search of eight years. Multiple lesions with size equal or less than 0.8 cm were identified in 14 patients. Two other patients had only two lesions measuring 0.4 cm to 1.3 cm. The most common ultrasonographic pattern was that of multiple small hyperechogenic lesions (with or without posterior acoustic reverberation) with irregular margins (14 patients). A less common finding (two patients with two lesions each) was the "target" pattern with echogenic center and well defined limits.
Liver; Bile duct hamartomas; von Meyenburg complex; Ultrasonography; Intraoperative ultrasonography
