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Liver Transplant (Expert Forum)
cysts
Answered by
Thomas D Schiano, MD - Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology, Liver Transplantation, Hepatology
The Mount Sinai Medical Center
New York - NY
Questions posted in the Liver Transplant . Forum are answered by medical professionals from The Mount Sinai Medical Center.
cysts
by Molly1229, Jan 22, 2009 03:02PM
I have liver cysts and on a recent scan they keep getting bigger, latest measurement 5.6 cm x 5.2cm, 7mm, and 10mm. I have right flank pain from time to time and have had my gallbladder removed 2 years ago. I also have alot of full feeling in stomach.. Will the cysts keep growing?
Doctor's Answer
by Thomas D Schiano, MD, Jan 23, 2009 06:10AM
, Jan 23, 2009 06:10AM
typically liver cysts are simple cysts and they are asymptomatic and do not grow appreciably over time. cysts of this size typically should not give you abdominal discomfort. rarely patients can have familial cystic disease of the liver and kidney that could be symptomatic but the cysts are much more numerous and are larger.
