Polycystic liver disease is a condition of multiple benign liver cysts. It occurs in some patients with polycystic kidney disease.
Polycystic kidney disease is a disease of multiple simple cysts of the kidney. It tends to be inherited. These lesions are watched and not usually treated.
The most interesting liver cysts I have personally seen were a series of hydatid cysts caused by the Echinococcus. The Echinococcus is a parasite. Humans acquire it from exposure to the feces of
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Note: The above discusses cystic lesions of the liver. There are a number of solid lesions that can be found in the liver. The liver is a common site for the spread of colon, breast and lung cancer. These lesions are usually solid and rarely cystic. Patients will have probably been diagnosed with their cancer before the lesions are seen in the liver. Nodular liver non-cancerous diseases with
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