The liver cyst, as well as any other, is a certain cavity inside the organ. Usually it is filled with a clear or brownish-colored liquid with small bile or blood spots. Such a disease is not so common. It is diagnosed in 1% of people. Typically, this formation is found in middle-aged patients , with women at a greater risk than men, about five times.
There are few people in the world who would like to have any extraneous formations in their bodies, and even more so, such as a liver cyst. The reasons for its occurrence may be different. For example, a congenital, or true, cavity appears at an early age and develops along with the liver. The surface of the walls of such bubbles is covered with epithelial cells. Also, a person may have a false cyst. Usually the cause of this is transferred liver trauma or surgery. The walls of this type of pathology are altered tissue of the liver itself . A liver cyst can be either single or multiple.
There are also parasitic formations that appear as a result of organ damage by parasites, for example, such as tapeworms. The peculiarity of such a disease is that it can make itself felt several years after the onset of development. Usually, with a parasitic cyst, a feeling of some kind of heaviness is felt, especially under the ribs on the right side. Sometimes such sensations appear in the chest area. Concomitant symptoms - 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 non-parasitic liver cyst. Symptoms of this kind do not begin to appear immediately, but when the bubble reaches a fairly large size. Increasing, it creates constant pain in the area of the organ. Also, the patient may feel discomfort in the stomach after eating, he has reduced appetite, sometimes there are attacks of nausea. This condition is accompanied by general weakness, shortness of breath, and often jaundice.
If there are any symptoms that create a suspicion of a cyst, you should consult a doctor and undergo appropriate studies. Ultrasound and computed tomography can reveal the formation with a 100% probability. After determining the diagnosis, a liver cyst should be treated, most often surgically. Surgery can be dispensed with only in the case of small bladder sizes, and an ultrasound scan should be done every six months to control it. If there is a tendency to increase, then you have to do the operation. Indications for immediate surgical intervention are various suppurations in the organ, as well as bleeding and tears. Cysts of very large sizes are unconditionally subject to surgical treatment , especially if they have a visible effect on the organ or on the general condition of the patient.
Today, surgeons are trying to carry out interventions that leave the smallest cosmetic marks. For example, such operations include laparoscopy. For a relatively short period of time, special equipment performs all actions to eliminate the disease. Of course, you can do this in the traditional way, leaving a big scar after the operation, but such techniques are already fading into the background. The main types of surgical treatment include operations such as removing a part of an organ with diseased tissues, truncating the bladder membrane, opening it and scrubbing it with special solutions, husking the formation together with the walls.