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<journal-id>2444-054X</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Cirugía y cirujanos]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Cir. cir.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2444-054X</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Academia Mexicana de Cirugía A.C.]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S2444-054X2023000600794</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.24875/ciru.22000348</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Microhamartomas de los conductos biliares (complejos de Von Meyenburg), simuladores de metástasis hepáticas: una serie de ocho casos]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Biliary microhamartomas (von Meyenburg complexes), liver metastasis simulators: a series of eight cases]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Teco-Cortes]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Javier A.]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Grube-Pagola]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Peter]]></given-names>
</name>
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</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Gutiérrez-Díaz Ceballos]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[M. Esther]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Aristi-Urista]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Gerardo B.]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital General de México Dr. Eduardo Liceaga Departamento de Patología ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ Ciudad de México]]></addr-line>
<country>México</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Veracruzana Instituto de Investigaciones Médico-Biológicas Departamento de Patología]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ Ciudad de México]]></addr-line>
<country>México</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2023</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2023</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>91</volume>
<numero>6</numero>
<fpage>794</fpage>
<lpage>797</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2444-054X2023000600794&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2444-054X2023000600794&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2444-054X2023000600794&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen  Antecedentes: Los complejos de Von Meyenburg son lesiones hamartomatosas benignas que forman parte del espectro de las malformaciones de la placa ductal. Son poco frecuentes, se reportan en un 0.35-5.6% de la población general, predominantemente en adultos, sin clara predilección por un sexo.  Objetivo: Presentar las características clínicas de los complejos de Von Meyenburg en nuestro medio.  Método: Se buscaron todos los casos con diagnóstico de complejos de Von Meyenburg en nuestras instituciones entre 2012 y 2022.  Resultados: Identificamos ocho casos, con un promedio de edad de 59.25 años, con predominio por el sexo femenino y con un caso asociado a carcinoma gástrico.  Conclusiones: Es importante reconocer y diagnosticar adecuadamente esta afección, ya que por su naturaleza multifocal fácilmente puede simular metástasis, y además su presencia no descarta otros procesos neoplásicos sincrónicos.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract  Background: Von Meyenburg complexes are benign hamartomatous lesions, they are part of the spectrum of ductal plate malformations. They are rare, reported in 0.35-5.6% of the general population, predominantly in adults, with no clear predilection for sex.  Objective: To present the clinical characteristics of Von Meyenburg complexes in our region.  Method: We searched all cases with diagnosis of Von Meyenburg complexes in a period from 2012 to 2022, in our institutions.  Results: We identified eight cases, with an average age of 59.25 years, with a predominance of females and with one case associated with gastric carcinoma.  Conclusions: It is important to adequately recognize this entity, since due to its multifocal nature it can easily simulate metastasis, additionally, and its presence does not rule out other synchronous neoplasms.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Hamartomas]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Von Meyenburg]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Conductos biliares]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Metástasis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Carcinoma gástrico]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Hamartomas]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[von-Meyenburg]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Bile ducts]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Metastasis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Gastric carcinoma]]></kwd>
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