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Endometrial cyst of the liver: case report and review
Jean-Jacques Tuech1, Marie-Christine Rousselet, Jean Boyer
1Department of Digestive Surgery, Angers University Hospital, Angers, France. jtuech@strasbourg.fnclcc.fr
Objective:
To describe a patient with a large endometrial cyst of the liver and review the literature concerning these rare lesions.
Design:
Case report.
Setting:
University hospital.
Patient(S):
A 42-year-old nulligravid woman with a 22 x 24 x 30 cm cyst in the right lobe of the liver.
Intervention(S):
Thorough exploration of the abdominal cavity revealed no evidence of endometrial implants elsewhere. A complete excision of the cyst was performed.
Main Outcome Measure(S):
Surgical specimen.
Result(S):
Histologic examination of the surgical specimen confirmed the diagnosis of endometriosis.
Conclusion(S):
Endometriosis should be included in the differential diagnosis list of a peripherally located cystic liver mass in women.