Results of percutaneous sclerotherapy and surgical treatment in patients with symptomatic simple liver cysts and polycystic liver disease

Figure 1 Abdominal ultrasound of a solitary simple liver cyst showing a well-defined anechoic unilocular fluid-filled lesion with posterior acoustic enhancement.

Figure 2 Abdominal com-puted tomography of a large solitary simple liver cyst showing a well-demarcated lesion with fluid density and without enhancement after contrast administration.

Figure 3 Abdominal ultrasound of a complicated liver cyst showing a well defined hypoechogenic lesion with solid appearing blood clot contents.

Figure 4 Abdominal computed tomography of a patient with PLD showing multiple cysts throughout the liver.

Figure 5 Proposed algorythm in the management of patients with cystic liver lesions. US indicates ultrasound; CT: computed tomography; PLD: polycystic liver disease.