Significance of early prenatal diagnosis of fetal hepatic cyst

Abstract

: Based on our experience, when hepatic cysts are diagnosed during an early fetal anatomy scan, disappearance of these cysts can be expected, especially when the cysts are initially small and peripheral. (c) 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Ultrasound, 2009.

Fetal intra-abdominal kistlerin prenatal tanı ve perinatal sonuçları

“…Postnatal sonographic examination confirmed congenital hepatic cysts (17). Additionally, Bronsen et al pointed out that disappearance of hepatic cyst can be expected especially for small and peripheral hepatic cysts (18). In our study one simple cyst in the right upper abdomen without blood flow was considered as hepatic cyst antenally and this diagnosis was confirmed postnatally.…”

Congenital Hepatic Cyst

“…This incidence is lower during the prenatal period with a few cases described in the literature. 2,3 They are more common in girls, not associated with cysts in other organs, and rarely communicate with the biliary tree. 4 These cysts do not contain bile and arise from congenital or secondary obstruction of the biliary glands, which normally arise from the ductal plate at the hepatic hilum around the seventh week of gestation and continue to proliferate until adolescence.…”

Outcomes associated with fetal hepatobiliary cysts: systematic review and meta‐analysis

“…The electronic search identified 1498 articles, of which 101 were assessed for their eligibility for inclusion. Seventy‐nine articles were excluded (Table S2) and 22 studies including 252 fetuses with hepatic ( n = 49) and biliary ( n = 203) cysts were included in the systematic review (Table and Figure ). Quality assessment of the included studies was performed using NOS for cohort studies (Table ).…”