[Cystic liver].
Diagnostic workup of progressive upper abdominal pain in patients with polycystic kidney disease may lead to the diagnosis of simultaneous polycystic liver disease. Whereas untreated advanced polycystic kidney disease leads to terminal organ failure, symptoms of polycystic liver are mainly due to local mechanical effects. Impairment of liver function is rare. Polycystic liver and kidneys are an autosomal dominant hereditary disease with variable penetrance. The etiology, clinical aspects, and diagnostic and therapeutic procedures are discussed and illustrated on the basis of three clinical cases and a review of the literature.
D002869:Chromosome Aberrations / Q000235:genetics; D025063:Chromosome Disorders; D003560:Cysts / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics / Q000601:surgery; D004322:Drainage; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D007690:Polycystic Kidney Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000235:genetics; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography
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