Dildar Hussain, Mushtaq Ahmed.
Liver cyst with inflammatory hepatic duct polyp
J Coll Physicians Surg Pak Jul 2003;13(7):418-20.
Department of General Surgery, The Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi
This is a case report of a 50 years old woman, who presented with upper abdominal pain, vomiting and two episodes of jaundice in five months. Computerised tomographic scan revealed a cyst in the 4th segment of the liver. Peroperatively it was found to be a simple liver cyst arising from the left hepatic duct. The cyst was excised. Peroperative cholangiogram revealed obstruction in the common hepatic duct. A polyp in the common hepatic duct, causing obstruction, was excised. The presence of liver cyst with hepatic duct polyp is a rare association.
Category: Case Reports
Keywords: Jaundice. Hepatic Cyst. Hepatic Duct Polyp. Liver. Peroperative Cholangiogram. Cyst.
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