Intracystic haemorrhage in a patient with polycystic liver disease – a case report

Aims: Polycystic liver is an autosomal dominant hereditary disease commonly associated with polycystic kidney disease. Most of these cysts cause no symptoms. Large hepatic cysts tend to be symptomatic and can cause more complications (haemorrhage, infection, rupture and torsion) than smaller ones. Case report: We report here on a patient with polycystic liver disease who later developed upper abdominal pain due to intracystic haemorrhage. At the age of 44 years in 2006, she was referred to our hepatology unit for verification of her polycystic liver disease. Her hepatomegaly was diagnosed at the time of the labo…