The management of large congenital liver cysts

1 September 1982

journal article
case report
Published by Oxford University Press (OUP)

Vol. 58 (683) , 536-541
https://doi.org/10.1136/pgmj.58.683.536

Abstract

Summary: Congenital solitary cysts of the liver seldom exceed 10 cm in diameter. Four such cases were seen over a 5-year period in a city with a catchment population of about 800,000. One of these cysts was asymptomatic, but the others were complicated by intracystic haemorrhage, probable perforation and cyst-enteric fistula. Pre-operative liver scans and findings at laparotomy indicated a different treatment in each case—observation, aspiration, enucleation and drainage.

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