[Arterial hypertension as clinical manifestation of non-parasitic hepatic cyst. A case report]

Rev Gastroenterol Mex. 2003 Apr-Jun;68(2):126-8.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

We present the case of a 32-year-old female patient referred to the Instituto Nacional de Cancerología (INCan) with a history of several months of systemic hypertension and epigastric pain associated to early postprandial satiety, fatigue, and dyspnea. At physical examination, a smooth, non-tender, palpable mass was found in right upper quadrant 7 cm below costal margin. Computed tomography (CT) scan showed right-sided non-parasitic liver cyst. The patient was taken to the operating room, where she presented hypertensive crisis of 180/125 mm Hg, which did not respond to midazolam therapy. The procedure was suspended and deferred. After blood pressure control with angiotensin II-antagonist and calcium-antagonist, the patient was submitted to laparotomy, where a wide deroofing of the lesion was performed. The postoperative evolution was uneventful and the patient has remained normotense without anti-hypertensive medication after 6 months of follow-up.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Cysts / complications*
  • Cysts / diagnostic imaging
  • Cysts / surgery
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Hypertension / etiology*
  • Liver Diseases / complications*
  • Liver Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Liver Diseases / surgery
  • Time Factors
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed