ALLMedicine™ Hepatic Cysts Center

Apr 15th, 2022 - Echinococcus infections are rare in the United States but may present a growing public health threat. We present the case of an 8-year-old female patient from Southern California who was diagnosed with hepatic echinococcosis after the incidental d...

Feb 2nd, 2022 - Obstructive shock describes any disease process that causes physical obstruction to blood flow into or out of the heart which results in impaired systemic oxygen or nutrient delivery. Common etiologies include cardiac tamponade, tension pneumothor...

Dec 24th, 2021 - Polycystic liver disease (PLD) is characterized by defective cholangiocyte cilia that regulate progressive growth of hepatic cysts. Because formation of primary cilia is influenced by autophagy through degradation of proteins involved in ciliogene...

Nov 2nd, 2021 - Polycystic liver disease (PLD) is a group of genetic disorders characterized by progressive development of cholangiocyte-derived fluid-filled hepatic cysts. PLD is the most common manifestation of autosomal dominant and autosomal recessive polycys...

Aug 4th, 2021 - Polycystic liver disease is a clinical feature of autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease, and it can sometimes cause health damage more serious than polycystic kidney. Dialysis therapy can be used for renal failure, but liver transplantation...

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.