“Quiste hepático gigante a propósito de un caso”

Abstract

TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF AMBATO FACULTY OF HEALTH SCIENCES MEDICAL CAREER “GIANT LIVER CYST” - Author: Quelal Zurita, Alex Dario. TUTOR: Dr. Esp. Guanuchi Quito Franklin Hernán Date: october 2019. SUMMARY Objective: To characterize the patients who present giant liver cysts and identify the possible complications that these present. Materials and methods: Retrospective descriptive study of clinical case analysis. Discussion: A case of a 41-year-old male patient with a very intense abdominal pain picture of a few days of evolution, located in the right hypochondrium, is reported. It is diagnosed as pancreatitis of biliary origin but after that, with pertinent studies the diagnosis of the presence of liver cyst that includes segments IV, V and VIII is reached, so drainage is done to remove it. Conclusions: The problems related to the present clinical case, as well as the literature review, are analyzed in this way, patients with giant liver cysts are characterized, as well as their management and possible complications.