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Giant hepatic cyst causing lower extremity edema and scoliosis.

Ichiro HirayamaRyota InokuchiMasataka FukueKent Doi
Published in: Clinical case reports (2021)
Hepatic cysts usually do not cause symptoms and may be detected incidentally on abdominal imaging. However, a giant hepatic cyst can rarely compress the inferior vena cava, right lung, and spine, leading to edema of lower extremities and scoliosis.
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