Figure 1.
Simple hepatic cyst in a 64-year-old woman.
a) Abdominal CT scan shows a well-defined water attenuation lesion in the right hepatic lobe. (b) 3D-image showed a cyst capacity of 1800 ml. Note the Glisson’s pedicle in the base. (c) Laparoscopic aspiration and ethanol sclerosis using sand balloon catheter. (d) Wide unroofing in the right hepatic lobe.
Figure 2.
Infectious liver cyst in a 71-year-old woman.
(a) Abdominal CT scan showed enhanced cystic wall. (b) Laparotomy view. (c) Intraoperative photograph of post-central hepatectomy. (d) Surgical sample: note the presence of an abscess separated by a septum from the tumor area.