Poliquistosis hepática sin afectación renal
Author(s) -
Gonzalo P. Méndez,
Laura Ximena Ramírez López,
Laura Llambí
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
revista de gastroenterología de méxico
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.27
H-Index - 20
eISSN - 2255-5528
pISSN - 0375-0906
DOI - 10.1016/j.rgmx.2015.06.010
Subject(s) - chemistry , urology , medicine
A 70-year-old man could provide no personal or family medical history. He sought medical attention for abdominal distension and symmetrical non-gravitational lower limb edema that he had presented with for many years, accompanied with anorexia and early satiety. Physical examination revealed protein-caloric malnutrition and jaundice of the skin and mucosae. There was a large, hard, non-painful, polylobular abdominal tumor in the right hypochondrium. The lower limbs presented with edema extending to the upper thigh that was nonpainful, with no fluxive signs. Abdominal computed tomography (CT) scan identified heterogeneous hepatomegaly and plain-looking multiple cysts substituting almost the entire parenchyma. One of them was compressing the vena cava and another had a hemorrhagic content. There were no elements of portal hypertension. The kidneys were normal.Medical treatment with nutritional
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