title: [A giant non-parasitic liver cyst as a prominent epigastric mass  in an obese patient].
abstract: METHODS
  A 62-year-old, obese male patient was referred because of an increasing prominent epigastric mass and bloated feeling. An epigastric hernial defect was clinically excluded.
  
  
  METHODS
  Abdominal imaging by ultrasound and CT-scan demonstrated a giant liver cyst in the left lobe of 20 cm in diameter with a displacement of the stomach. Endoscopy showed an external compression of the stomach. Cystic echinococcosis was excluded by serology.
  
  
  METHODS
  Laparoscopic deroofing of the cyst resulted in immediate freedom of symptoms. The further course was uneventful. The patient was discharged one day after the operation.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Liver cysts may become symptomatic by intestinal compression syndromes or - occasionally - as a prominent abdominal mass. Laparoscopic deroofing is the golden standard of symptomatic non parasitic liver cysts and is associated with a good clinical outcome.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Allgemeine Chirurgie, Viszeral-, Gefäss- und Kinderchirurgie, Universitätsklinikum des Saarlandes, Homburg/Saar, Germany. jochen.schuld@uks.eu
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schuld
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Massmann
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Richter
mesh_terms: D015529:Choledochal Cyst / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D003560:Cysts / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D046449:Hernia, Abdominal / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009767:Obesity, Morbid / Q000503:physiopathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography