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Healthcare providers may treat liver cysts by monitoring the cysts. They may also treat the cysts with surgery or medication. What are liver cysts? Liver cysts are fluid-filled sacs that appear on your liver. Nearly all liver cysts are benign (noncancerous). Few cysts grow large enough to cause symptoms.
How are liver cysts treated? Most liver cysts do not need to be treated. However, if cysts get large and painful, they may need to be drained or surgically removed. Cysts also may be surgically removed if they are stopping bile from reaching your intestine. If a parasite is found, antibiotics are used for treatment.
Liver cyst treatment may include draining the cyst, surgically removing it, taking medications, or having a liver transplant (in extreme cases). In this article, learn more about liver cysts and their various treatment options.
These Clinical Practice Guidelines cover the diagnosis and management of hepatic cysts, mucinous cystic neoplasms of the liver, biliary hamartomas, polycystic liver disease, Caroli disease, Caroli syndrome, biliary hamartomas and peribiliary cysts.
Hepatic cysts can be from an infectious or non-infectious source. They are common and usually asymptomatic. This activity reviews the evaluation and treatment of liver cystic lesions and highlights the role of the interprofessional team in evaluating and treating patients with this condition. Objectives:
Furthermore, consensus has not been achieved on the optimal treatment of patients with symptomatic cysts, although a number of therapeutic approaches have been described [13,14]. This topic review will provide an overview of the diagnosis and management of cystic lesions in the liver.
A study by Mihetiu et al (N = 149) compared three different surgical approaches to the treatment of hydatid hepatic cysts: open, laparoscopic, and laparoscopic with special instruments...