If you are told that you have a cyst on your liver, what if anything should you !
Question:
If you are told that you have a cyst on your liver, what if anything should you do?
took biopsies, and acted like things were normal and cyst was fluid only.
Answers:
Hepatic cysts--fluid-filled cavities in the liver--usually cause no signs and are incidentally detected during tests such as ultrasound or CAT scans. Since your biopsy was normal, there is nothing you can--or should--do. These cysts are seldom treated unless they grow large enough to cause discomfort or become infected. It is likely that you have had this cyst since birth. There can be other, more serious causes, of liver cysts, but it sounds like your physician has ruled out these causes.
I have benign liver hemangiomas--hepatic cysts that are made of marble-sized balls of blood vessels--and have been given the same advice that you were given. I have 6-7 of these cysts. Unless your doctor is alarmed, you should not be alarmed either!