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Hello doctor! Can I ask how I have a 39×20mm liver cyst? Thank you doctor!
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Hello, the doctor would like to answer the question: “How is a 39×20mm liver cyst treated? ” as follows:
Liver cyst is usually a benign disease, only treat liver cyst when there are complications (such as painful compression, cyst rupture causing bleeding, or large cyst threatening to burst). You have liver cysts but no pain, no risk of rupture, just follow up periodically every 6-12 months with abdominal ultrasound. When abdominal pain is thought to be due to a liver cyst (after you have been examined and ruled out abdominal pain from other causes) or the size of the cyst is rapidly increasing, you will need computed tomography (CT) or resonance imaging. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to evaluate the specific status of liver cysts as well as liver anatomy to consider surgical intervention to remove the liver cyst. Cases of liver cysts in patients over 40 years of age require colonoscopy for cancer screening, because a very small number of liver metastases from colorectal cancer present as liver cysts. So you also need a colonoscopy to check.
You can go to the nearest medical facility or Vinmec Health System Hospital for more detailed examination and advice by doctors. Best regards!
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Answered by Master, Doctor Dao Duc Dung - Specialist in Gastroenterology - Hepatobiliary Disease - Department of General Surgery, Vinmec Times City International Hospital
