title: Obstructive jaundice associated with polycystic liver disease.
abstract: A 65 year old patient with polycystic liver disease presented with obstructive jaundice thought to be a cholangiocarcinoma. Subsequent investigations demonstrated a large cyst compressing the confluence of the hepatic ducts. Percutaneous decompression of the biliary tree led to a complication necessitating surgery. Treatment options for symptomatic polycystic liver disease are reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Liver Unit, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dmitrewski
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Olliff
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Buckels
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001650:Bile Duct Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001653:Bile Ducts, Intrahepatic; D018281:Cholangiocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002779:Cholestasis / Q000209:etiology*; D003560:Cysts / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D019299:Decompression, Surgical; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D007690:Polycystic Kidney Diseases / Q000150:complications*