Spontaneous rupture of a large non-parasitic liver cyst: a case report.
BACKGROUND
Non-parasitic hepatic cysts are benign entities, occur rarely (5% of the population), and in the majority of cases, are asymptomatic. Cysts can cause symptoms when they become large and produce bile duct compression or portal hypertension, and also when complications such as rupture, infection or hemorrhage take place.


METHODS
We present the case of a 70-year-old Greek-Caucasian man with a large, asymptomatic and non-parasitic liver cyst that presented as an acute surgical abdominal emergency after spontaneous rupture into the peritoneal cavity.


CONCLUSIONS
We present an extremely rare complication of simple liver cyst, its rupture in the free abdominal cavity, and its presentation as an acute abdomen. Large simple liver cysts should be treated with intervention at early recognition as conservative management usually results in their recurrence.
Department of Surgery, Naval and Veterans Hospital of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Lazaros
L
Miliadis
Triantafillos
T
Giannakopoulos
Georgios
G
Boutsikos
Ioannis
I
Terzis
Ioannis D
ID
Kyriazanos