Benign, Non-Parasitic Hepatic Cyst Causing Obstructive Jaundice

Nobuo TERADA; Toshiki SHIMIZU; Yasuharu IMAI; Takeshi KOBAYASHI; Masuo TERASHIMA; Kenichi FURUKAWA; Shigeyuki KUMAZAWA; Kendo KIYOSAWA

doi:10.2169/internalmedicine.32.857

Nobuo TERADA, Toshiki SHIMIZU, Yasuharu IMAI, Takeshi KOBAYASHI, Masuo TERASHIMA, Kenichi FURUKAWA, Shigeyuki KUMAZAWA, Kendo KIYOSAWA

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Keywords: percutaneous aspiration, common hepatic duct

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1993 Volume 32 Issue 11 Pages 857-860

DOI https://doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.32.857

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Abstract

A 71-year-old woman with an hepatic cyst that led to obstructive jaundice is reported.Percutaneous intracystic fluid aspiration was useful in transiently decreasing the jaundice. Thereafter, the cyst was extirpated, and was found to be large (nearly 10 cm), benign and nonparasitic.This patient and 15 similar cases reported in the literature, indicate that the risk of jaundice induced by a simple hepatic cyst is related to its size (larger than 10 cm) and location near the common hepatic duct.
(Internal Medicine 32: 857-860, 1993)

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