Liver cyst

The liver cyst, as well as any other, is a kind of cavity inside the organ. Usually it is filled with a transparent or brownish-colored liquid with small bile or bloody patches. There is a similar disease is not so often. It is diagnosed in 1% of people. Typically, this kind of education is found in middle-aged patients , and women are more at risk than men, about five times.

There are few people in the world who would like to have in their body any extraneous formations, and even more so, such as the cyst of the liver. The reasons for its occurrence may be different. For example, congenital or true, the cavity appears at an early age and develops with the liver. The surface of the walls of such blisters is covered with epithelial cells. Also a person may have a false cyst. Usually, this is caused by liver injury or surgery. The walls of this type of pathology are the altered tissue of the liver itself . The liver cyst can be either single or multiple.

Distinguish also parasitic formations that appear due to organ damage by parasites, for example, such as tapeworms. The peculiarity of such a disease is that it can make itself felt a few years after the onset of development. Usually, with a parasitic cyst, there is a feeling of some kind of heaviness, especially under the ribs on the right side. Sometimes such feelings appear in the chest area. Concomitant symptoms are general weakness of the body, soreness, shortness of breath. Also, the disease is accompanied by a violation of the gastrointestinal tract, namely, nausea, vomiting, and sometimes diarrhea.

There is also a nonparasitic cyst of the liver. Symptoms of such a variety begin to manifest not immediately, but when the bladder reaches a rather large size. Increasing, he creates a constant pain in the area of the organ. The patient can also feel discomfort in the stomach after eating, his appetite decreases, and sometimes there are bouts of nausea. This condition is accompanied by general weakness, shortness of breath, and often jaundice.

If you have any symptoms that create suspicion on the cyst, you should consult a doctor and take the appropriate tests. Ultrasound and computer tomography can reveal education with a 100% probability. After determining the diagnosis of a cyst, the liver is treated, most often by surgery. Without surgery, you can do only in the case of small bubble sizes, with every six months to do an ultrasound to monitor it. If there is a tendency to increase, then you have to do the operation. Indications for immediate surgical intervention are various suppuration in the organ, as well as bleeding and rupture. Cysts of very large size are unconditionally subject to surgical treatment , especially if they have a visible effect on the organ or the general condition of the patient.

To date, surgeons are trying to perform interventions that leave the smallest cosmetic traces. For example, such operations include laparoscopy. In a relatively short period of time, all special measures are taken to eliminate the disease. Of course, you can do this in a traditional way, leaving a big scar after the operation, but such techniques are already taking to the back burner. The main types of surgical treatment include such operations as the removal of a part of the organ with the affected tissues, truncation of the membrane of the bladder, its opening and cleaning with special solutions, the formation of the formation together with the walls.