Current management of noninfectious hepatic cystic lesions: A review of the literature

Table 1 Differential diagnosis of hepatic cystic lesions

Infectious
Parasitic	Nonparasitic
Hydatic cyst	Pyogenic liver abscesses
Amebic abscess
Non-infectious
Simple cyst	Partially cystic component
PCLD	HCC
Cystadenoma	Cholangiocarcinoma
Cystadenocarcinoma	Intrahepatic pseudocysts (pancreatitis)
Caroli's disease	Bilomas
Peribiliary cyst	Post-traumatic hematoma
Cystic metastases	Giant hemangioma
	Ciliated hepatic foregut cyst
	Congenital (embryonal sarcoma)

PCLD: Polycystic liver disease; HCC: Hepatocellular carcinoma.