title: Simple liver cyst with spontaneous regression.
abstract: We report a-55-year-old woman with spontaneous regression of simple liver cyst. The size of the cyst gradually became reduced without any treatment, and a reduction in diameter from 77 mm to 10 mm was observed after 8 years of follow-up. Spontaneous regression of congenital cysts of the liver in an adult seems to be very rare, and its mechanism is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology, Maebashi Red Cross Hospital, 3-20-14 Asahi-cho, Maebashi 371-0014, Japan.
authors.forename: Hirotaka
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Arai
authors.forename: Takeaki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nagamine
authors.forename: Hideyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: Ryuya
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Shimoda
authors.forename: Takehiko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Abe
authors.forename: Toshihiko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamada
authors.forename: Hitoshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Takagi
authors.forename: Masatomo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mori
mesh_terms: D003560:Cysts / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography