Liver & intrahepatic bile ducts
Developmental anomalies / cysts
Foregut cyst
Author: Komal Arora, M.D.
Last author update: 1 April 2012
Last staff update: 22 September 2020
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PubMed Search: Foregut cyst[TI] liver
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Definition / general | Case reports | Gross description | Microscopic (histologic) description | Microscopic (histologic) images | Additional referencesCite this page: Arora K. Foregut cyst. PathologyOutlines.com website. https://www.pathologyoutlines.com/topic/liverforegutcyst.html. Accessed April 24th, 2024.
Definition / general
- Rare, < 100 cases reported
- Intrahepatic ileal and duodenal duplications and ciliated foregut cysts have been described
- 4 cm or smaller, have smooth muscle bundles in cyst wall
- Slightly more common in men and in medial segment of left hepatic lobe
- Resemble bronchiolar epithelium
Case reports
- 51 year old man with ciliated foregut cyst with squamous cell carcinoma (Arch Pathol Lab Med 1999;123:1115)
Gross description
- Solitary, rarely multilocular, 1 - 4 cm
Microscopic (histologic) description
- Ciliated pseudostratified columnar epithelium with goblet cells, subepithelial connective tissue, 1 - 3 smooth muscle layers, outer fibrous capsule
Microscopic (histologic) images
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Ciliated foregut cyst
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