Solitary nonparasitic cyst of the liver: a rare cause of abdominal distension.
Solitary nonparasitic liver cysts are clinically rare, and fewer than 900 patients have been documented over the years. A case is described of a female patient with a large solitary cyst containing 7 L of fluid, which was treated successfully by unroofing. The literature relating to the clinical features, incidence, pathogenesis, histopathology, diagnostic imaging, and surgical management of such cysts is reviewed.
Roisman
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I
Department of Surgery A, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem.
Barak
V
V
Fields
S
S
Bloom
R
R
Okon
E
E
Manny
J
J
D000005:Abdomen; D000328:Adult; D003560:Cysts / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*