Liver cysts were found in over 80% of patients with ADPKD but were not associated with chronic kidney disease stage, Mayo classification, PKD1 or PKD2 genotype variant, liver enzyme levels, or quality ...

A research team from Saudi Arabia determined the efficacy and success of percutaneous aspiration irrigation and re-aspiration (PAIR) in the management of hepatic hydatidosis. They found that PAIR ...

Proteins encoded by the genes that cause polycystic liver diseases are predominantly localized in the primary cilium, plasma membrane and/or the endoplasmic reticulum of cholangiocytes Current ...

I am a 64-year-old man who had an ultrasound six months ago that revealed a 1.9-cm echogenic nodule in the right lobe of my liver. The radiologist felt it was a hemangioma. I recently had another ...

Liver cysts are among the most frequent focal lesions found on hepatic ultrasonography, with a high prevalence of 15% to 18% reported in the United States. They are most commonly simple cysts, but ...

The American College of Gastroenterology has issued a new, evidence-based guideline on the diagnosis and management of focal liver lesions (FLLs), published online August 19 in the American Journal of ...

Hello. I am Dr David Johnson, professor of medicine and chief of gastroenterology at Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk, Virginia. Welcome back to another installment of GI Common Concerns, in ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . For lesions of unknown etiology, the ACG recommends multiphasic contrast-enhanced imaging. The ACG recommends ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I am a 64-year-old man who had an ultrasound six months ago that revealed a 1.9-cm echogenic nodule in the right lobe of my liver. The radiologist felt it was a hemangioma. I recently ...

A recently described method for assaying the specific hepatic enzyme responsible for the conjugation of bilirubin was applied to specimens of liver obtained at laparotomy or by percutaneous needle ...