Left Lateral Hepatectomy due to liver polycystosis disease

Abstract

Background: liver polycystic is a rare disease that affects less than 5% of population. The treatment is acord every case and surgical aproach is performed mostly when the disease becomes symptomatic. Material and Methods: We report a case of a 57 years old female with diagnosis of liver polycystosis disease who experimented abdominal pain of six months of evolution. Ultrasound was practice and it shown a big dominant cyst in left liver, with thick echoes in its, and it was interpreted as a complicated cyst. Laparoscopic left lateral hepatectomy was performed with succes. Hospital discharge on the fourth day with no complication. Patological anatomy diagnosis was simple cyst. Results: succes Results in an infrequent desease is possible in selected patiens. Conclusions: liver polycystic disease is rare but we must know when an how to treat it.