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Rapidly enlarging, giant hepatic cyst growing pseudomonas

Author(s) -

Meelad Sayma,

Huw RF Walters,

Christian Hesford,

Zohaib Tariq,

Ali Nakhosteen

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

bmj case reports

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.231

H-Index - 26

ISSN - 1757-790X

DOI - 10.1136/bcr-2018-226276

Subject(s) - cyst , pseudomonas aeruginosa , persistence (discontinuity) , medicine , cardiology , surgery , biology , bacteria , genetics , geotechnical engineering , engineering

A 74-year-old woman presented with dyspnoea and fever on a background of a large hepatic cyst thought to be stable in size. During her admission, she developed worsening shortness of breath. An echocardiogram revealed severely impaired cardiac output due to external compression by the hepatic cyst, which had grown rapidly. This was drained under ultrasound guidance and cultures of this fluid grew Pseudomonas aeruginosa : the organism responsible for the persistence of this giant hepatic cyst.

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