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  • Title: Ciliated hepatic foregut cyst: report of first case in China and review of literature.
    Author: Cai XJ, Huang DY, Liang X, Yu H, Li W, Wang XF, Peng SY.
    Journal: J Zhejiang Univ Sci; 2004 Apr; 5(4):483-5. PubMed ID: 14994442.
    Abstract:
    OBJECTIVE: To report the first case of ciliated hepatic foregut cyst in China, and review of literature to introduce the characteristics of this disease for doctors to recognize this disease. METHOD: Report the clinical procedure of diagnosis and treatment for the first case of ciliated hepatic foregut cyst in China, and to review the embryologic genesis, incidence, clinical manifestation, radiologic features and therapeutic principle of this disease. RESULTS: We performed the resection for ciliated hepatic foregut cyst under laparoscopy; the patient recovered well after the procedure. CONCLUSION: Ciliated hepatic foregut cyst is quite rare clinically, belongs to non-parasitic, solitary and unilocular cystic lesion, is always less than 4 cm in diameter, mostly seen in the left lobe, and has the tendency of malignant change. It should be removed as soon as diagnosed.
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