Adult hepatic fibropolycystic disease presenting as obstructive jaundice.
Obstructive jaundice caused by compression of the common hepatic duct by a simple hepatic cyst in a 31 year old Europid man is reported. The jaundice and duct compression resolved after percutaneous aspiration of the cyst under ultrasound direction and the patient has been well for 12 months.
Department of Gastroenterology, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh.
A J
AJ
Williams
S R
SR
Wild
K R
KR
Palmer
D000328:Adult; D002779:Cholestasis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D003560:Cysts / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male