Compression of the inferior caval vein--a rare complication of a large non-parasitic liver cyst.
A patient with massive edema of the legs and scrotum is presented in whom non-parasitic cysts of the liver were found. Surgical evacuation of one large lobulated liver cyst completely relieved the patient of his edema. It is concluded that in this patient the peripheral edema was caused solely by cystic obstruction of the inferior caval vein.
D000368:Aged; D003560:Cysts / Q000150:complications*; D004487:Edema / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior