Post-traumatic (haemorrhagic)liver cyst

Indian J Surg. 2013 Jun;75(Suppl 1):425-7. doi: 10.1007/s12262-012-0753-8. Epub 2012 Sep 29.

Abstract

Traumatic cysts of liver are amongst the less frequently known sequelae of liver trauma. The incidence of this entity is very low. We report a case of large posttraumatic liver cyst in a young adult female, who sustained blunt abdominal trauma 2 months back. The cyst was diagnosed by CECT Abdomen and was treated by hepatic resection(left lobe). The aim of presentation of this report is to highlight the fact that blunt trauma abdomen can result in such rare presentations which can lead to hepatic resection.

Keywords: A 34 year old female presented with epigastric swelling and pain abdomen of 2 months duration; Cyst mainly contained bile and small amount of altered blood and necrotic tissue; Further when CECT abdomen was done it showed a large haemorrhagic cyst involving the left lobe of liver; Left hepatic resection.