[Non-parasitic calcified hepatic cyst. Report of a clinical case and review of the literature].

Abstract

A case is presented of a 40 years old female, with an illness of three weeks duration, characterized by right upper quadrant fullness, pain and tenderness to palpation. Subsequently, her X ray studies showed a radiolucenly in the liver, with calcified solitary-hepatic cyst. A review is made of the pertinent literature, and it is stressed the diagnostic clues between a congenital and a parasitic hepatic cyst, in order to proceed to its proper therapy. Brief considerations of the present knowledge of the congenital calcified hepatic cyst and management are done.