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Abstract
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.
- liver disease
- interventional radiology
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Contributors MS: coordinated the production of the report and write-up of the final paper, along with delivering initial care for the patient. CH, AN, ZT and HW: edited subsequent drafts of the final paper. ZT: guided medical management of patient. AN: interpreted data from imaging.
Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.
Competing interests None declared.
Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.
Patient consent for publication Obtained.