Complicated peribiliary cysts in patient without any prior liver disease

Rev Esp Enferm Dig. 2018 Feb;110(2):128. doi: 10.17235/reed.2017.5350/2017.

Abstract

Peribiliary cysts involve cystic dilation of the extramural peribiliary glands in the liver hilum and portal tracts. Most peribiliary cysts are asymptomatic. We present the case of a patient without any prior liver disease who developed obstructive jaundice and a liver abscess due to peribiliary cysts. Peribiliary cysts usually appear in patients with severe chronic liver disease and are asymptomatic, although they sometimes appear in patients without prior liver disease and cause serious complications.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Abscess / diagnostic imaging
  • Abscess / drug therapy
  • Aged
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Biliary Tract Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
  • Biliary Tract Diseases / drug therapy
  • Cholangiopancreatography, Magnetic Resonance
  • Cholangitis / diagnostic imaging
  • Cholangitis / etiology
  • Cysts / diagnostic imaging*
  • Cysts / drug therapy
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents