Abstract
We report ultrasound, CT and MR findings in a patient with multiple bile duct hamartomas (BDH) which were associated with disseminated peritoneal leiomyomatosis, a coincidence not previously reported. At MR imaging, the multiple hepatic nodules of BDH were hypointense in T1-weighted images and moderately hyperintense in T2-weighted images, which is in agreement with the findings in the 2 previously reported cases examined with this modality.
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