title: Hepatic pseudocyst as the first presentation of squamous cell carcinoma of uterine cervix.
abstract: We describe a patient with diffuse polycystic disease of the liver. The patient's polycystic liver disease was found to be due to liver metastases from squamous cell carcinoma of the uterine cervix. No evidence of discrete masses was found in the liver using abdominal CT scan. Pseudocystic formation in the liver secondary to squamous cell carcinoma is very rare and has not previously been reported as a first presentation of a cervical cancer. Metastatic neoplasms need to be considered in the differential diagnosis of hepatic cysts.
authors.affiliation: Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Albany Medical College, Albany, New York 12209, USA.
authors.forename: Mohammad M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Alsolaiman
authors.forename: Richard P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: MacDermott
authors.forename: Catherine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bartholomew
mesh_terms: D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D003560:Cysts / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*