The occurrence of asymptomatic and symptomatic simple hepatic cysts. A prospective, hospital-based study

To examine the prevalence of asymptomatic and symptomatic liver cysts in a university hospital patient population using modern US equipment. Abdominal US scans of 1541 cases referred during the period 21 January to 11 November 2000 were examined for hepatic cysts. Of 1541 cases, 174 (11.3%) were fou...

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Published in:Clinical radiology 2005-09, Vol.60 (9), p.1026-1029
Main Authors: Larssen, T.B., Rørvik, J., Hoff, S.R., Horn, A., Rosendahl, K.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Age Factors
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Biological and medical sciences
Child
Child, Preschool
Cyst
Cysts - diagnostic imaging
Female
Gastroenterology. Liver. Pancreas. Abdomen
Hospitalization
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Liver
Liver Diseases - diagnostic imaging
Liver. Biliary tract. Portal circulation. Exocrine pancreas
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Occurrence
Prevalence
Prospective Studies
Risk Factors
Tumors
Ultrasonography
Ultrasound
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Summary:To examine the prevalence of asymptomatic and symptomatic liver cysts in a university hospital patient population using modern US equipment. Abdominal US scans of 1541 cases referred during the period 21 January to 11 November 2000 were examined for hepatic cysts. Of 1541 cases, 174 (11.3%) were found to have hepatic cysts, i.e. 109 female (12.5%) and 65 (9.7%) male patients (9.7%). In 413 individuals younger than 40 years, no cysts were found. Above the age of 40 years, prevalence increased with age. By using modern US equipment, we found a higher prevalence of hepatic cysts than that reported in previous studies. Patient selection and the prevalence of liver cysts in the population from which the patients were referred may have influenced our results.
ISSN:0009-9260
1365-229X
DOI:10.1016/j.crad.2005.04.011