Hepatic Cysts: Multimedia

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Further Reading

Related eMedicine topics:
Biliary Cystadenoma/Cystadenocarcinoma
Caroli Disease [Pediatrics: General Medicine]
Caroli Disease [Radiology]
Choledochal Cyst
Choledochal Cysts
Choledochal Cyst, Surgical Treatment
Echinococcosis [Infectious Diseases]
Echinococcosis [Pediatrics: General Medicine]
Echinococcosis Hydatid Cyst
Hepatic Carcinoma, Primary
Hepatic Cystadenomas
Hepatocellular Adenoma
Hepatocellular Carcinoma [General Surgery]
Hepatocellular Carcinoma [Pediatrics: General Medicine]
Hepatocellular Carcinoma [Radiology]
Hepatocellular Carcinoma, Fibrolamellar
Hydatid Cysts

Clinical guidelines:
ACR Appropriateness Criteria® suspected liver metastases. American College of Radiology - Medical Specialty Society.  1998 (revised 2008).  8 pages.  NGC:006993

ASGE guideline: the role of ERCP in diseases of the biliary tract and the pancreas. American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy - Medical Specialty Society.  2005 Jul.  8 pages.  NGC:004486

Clinical trials:
Biliary Stenting With or Without Photodynamic Therapy in Treating Patients With Locally Advanced, Recurrent, or Metastatic Cholangiocarcinoma or Other Biliary Tract Tumors That Cannot Be Removed by Surgery

Evaluation of Intra-operative Ultrasound Contrast Enhancement in the Evaluation of Liver Tumors (Definity®)

Factors Predicting Positive Yields on Biliary Brush Cytology During Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP)

Microwave Ablation of Resectable Liver Tumors

Keywords

hepatic cyst, liver cyst, simple cysts, cysts liver, liver lesions, liver tumor, liver surgery, liver mass, liver lesion, hydatid cyst, cyst on liver, cysts on liver, solitary nonparasitic cysts of the liver, polycystic liver disease, echinococcosis, PCLD, parasitic cysts, hydatid cysts, echinococcal cysts, cystic tumors, abscesses, Echinococcus granulosus, cystic hepatic lesions, cystadenoma, cystadenocarcinoma, polycystic kidney disease, PKD, autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease, AD-PKD, jaundice, cholangitis, anaphylactic shock

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Heidi Holman Jackson, MD, Staff Physician, Department of Surgery, University of Utah School of Medicine
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Sean J Mulvihill, MD, Chief, Professor, Department of Surgery, University of Utah School of Medicine
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