title: [Congenital liver cysts. Case report and review of the literature].
abstract: A study is presented of four female patients with congenital solitary liver cyst. The largest cyst had a volume of 4 liters. One of the patients studied had a neoplasm which was possibly the result of secondary malignant degeneration of the cyst. Congenital cystic degeneration may develop in the entire biliary tract. The clinical symptoms depend on the size, localization and number of cysts. Characteristic signs and symptoms caused by displacement of the intestinal organs begin to appear as a rule in late adulthood. The cysts rarely impair liver function. Hemorrhage into the cysts, rupture of the cystic wall, infection or secondary malignant degeneration of the cysts, torsion and strangulation are infrequent. Solitary cysts of the liver are not accompanied by cysts in other organs as is the case in polycystic liver disease. Diagnostic procedures, differential, diagnosis and therapeutic measures are discussed, and reference is made to non-congenital cystic formations in the liver.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003536:Cystadenocarcinoma / Q000601:surgery; D003560:Cysts / Q000151:congenital* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000151:congenital*; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D000637:Transaminases / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D000637:Transaminases
vernacular_title: Kongenitale Leberzysten Fallbesprechungen und Literaturübersicht