ALLMedicine™ Hepatic Cysts Center

Feb 3rd, 2023 - Cystic echinococcosis (CE) treatment is complicated, relying on cysts characteristics, host factors and possible treatment adverse events. We assessed childhood CE treatment characteristics. A retrospective cohort study, 2005-2021, which presents ...

Jan 25th, 2023 - Hepatic cystic lesions are commonly seen in radiology and can occur due to infective or neoplastic causes. It is imperative to determine the precise nature of these hepatic cysts owing to significant therapeutic and prognostic differences. Hepatic...

Jan 15th, 2023 - Polycystic liver disease (PLD) is characterized by growth of hepatic cysts, causing hepatomegaly. Disease severity is determined using total liver volume (TLV), which can be measured from computed tomography (CT). The gold standard is manual segme...

Oct 31st, 2022 - To investigate the efficacy and clinical application advantage of omental tamponade with vascular pedicle combined with Laparoscopic fenestration for the treatment of diaphragmatic hepatic cyst. A total of 56 patients with diaphragmatic hepatic cy...

Oct 30th, 2022 - There are close similarities between the life-cycles of Echinococcus granulosus sensu lato (E. granulosus s.l.) that causes cystic echinococcosis (CE) in humans and Taenia multiceps/Coenurus cerebralis that causes cerebral coenurosis in small rumi...

Jun 22nd, 2022 - The advent of enhanced radiological imaging techniques has facilitated the diagnosis of cystic liver lesions. Concomitantly, the evidence base supporting the management of these diseases has matured over the last decades. As a result, comprehensiv...

Aug 12th, 2022 - Rationale: Patients with large hepatic cysts(>5cm) may develop symptoms due to distention of Glisson's capsule and/or compression on other abdominal organs. Frequently reported symptoms include abdominal pain, early satiety, nausea, and dyspnea. T...

Mar 25th, 2020 - ADPKD is a relatively common genetic disease affecting about 1 out of every 1000 people worldwide. Progression of ADPKD is characterized by the proliferation of fluid-filled kidney cysts. Development of these cysts is progressive and can lead to e...

Jan 10th, 2018 - Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease (ADPKD), the most common hereditary cystic renal disease, has an incidence of 1 in 800 live births and account for 7-10% of patients on dialysis in developed countries. Clinically, ADPKD is characterize...

May 4th, 2016 - Liver cysts are fluid filled cavities located in the liver. They are present in 2-11% of the general population, typically not causing any symptoms or complications. However, in a small subset of patients complaints of pain, abdominal fullness and...

Feb 3rd, 2016 - Hepatic cysts are fluid-filled cavities located in the liver parenchyma. They are usually asymptomatic, but can cause mass-related symptoms as abdominal pain, dyspnea and nausea. Aspiration sclerotherapy is indicated in patients with a dominant he...

Jun 1st, 2017 - Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) has significant extrarenal manifestations. Hypertension is a common complication, arises early in the course of the disease, and is implicated in the development of left ventricular hypertrophy.

May 1st, 2014 - An 18-year-old woman presents with 3 days of epigastric abdominal pain, with no fever or constitutional symptoms. She was born in the United States and reports yearly trips since age 3 to her family’s farm in a rural area of Mexico, where she is e.