Korean J Med.  2002 Nov;63(5):562-566.

A case successfully treated with percutaneous drainage of infected hepatic cyst in a patient with adult polycystic kidney disease

• Seo YS
• Choi YH
• Kim NR
• Han CH
• Choi SJ
• Lee EY
• Hong SY

Abstract

Even though it is a rare complication to have hepatic cyst infection in adult polycystic kidney disease, the patient is expected to be complicated with sepsis or acute cholangitis and die if not treated properly. The typical clinical manifestations of hepatic cyst infection are fever and right upper quadrant abdominal pain. Liver enzyme and serum bilirubin levels may be elevated. The clinical outcome of hepatic cyst infection is better when antibiotic and drainage are performed simultaneously than only antibiotic is used. We experienced a case of infected hepatic cyst from a 58-year-old male patient receiving hemodialysis with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease. Due to his persistent fever and leukocytosis during intravenous antibiotic therapy, we performed percutaneous drainage of hepatic cyst. Because the drainage fluid presented leukocytosis and deep yellow color, we diagnosed the case as a hepatic cyst infection. We applied both percutaneous drainage of infected liver cyst and antibiotic and we observed clinical improvement.

Keyword

Polycystic kidney; Autosomal dominant; Hepatic cyst infection; Percutaneous drainage

MeSH Terms

Abdominal Pain
Adult*
Bilirubin
Cholangitis
Drainage*
Fever
Humans
Leukocytosis
Liver
Male
Middle Aged
Polycystic Kidney Diseases
Polycystic Kidney, Autosomal Dominant*
Renal Dialysis
Sepsis
Bilirubin