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Case Reports
. 2016 Apr-Jun;21(2):72-4.
doi: 10.4103/0971-9261.161032.

Giant congenital solitary nonparasitic cyst of the liver causing respiratory distress in a neonate

Minakshi Bhosale  1 , Dasmit Singh  1
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Giant congenital solitary nonparasitic cyst of the liver causing respiratory distress in a neonate

Minakshi Bhosale et al. J Indian Assoc Pediatr Surg. 2016 Apr-Jun.

Abstract

A 3-day-old male neonate delivered at 34 weeks of gestational age was brought with breathing difficulty since birth. The abdomen was massively distended. A soft cystic mass was occupying almost the entire abdomen and causing obvious respiratory distress. On exploration, a huge, solitary, unilocular cyst was found between the two lobes of the liver. Growing extrahepatically between the two lobes, it had displaced them laterally on either side. Enucleation of the cyst and marsupialization of its base was done. Histopathology showed evidence of congenital solitary nonparasitic cyst of the liver. Symptomatic presentation of CSNCL in children, especially in a neonate is extremely rare and not considered as a differential diagnosis of an abdominal mass. Hence, the case report.

Keywords: Abdominal mass; congenital solitary nonparasitic cyst of liver; neonate; respiratory distress.

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Figure 1
Clinical photograph of the neonate showing massively distended abdomen
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Operative photograph showing the huge prolapsed cyst between liver lobes
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