OBJECTIVES: To describe the wide variation in presentation of @entity409 and to delineate useful tests for diagnosis and effective surgical treatment. DESIGN: A case series. SETTING: A university-affiliated hospital. @entity1 : Four @entity1 (3 @entity1 , 1 @entity1 ) having @entity9296 of the liver, 2 of whom had associated mesenchymal stroma. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Serum and cyst fluid carcinoembryonic antigen ( @entity787 ) and CA19-9 levels, type of surgery, morbidity and recurrence rates. RESULTS: Cyst fluid @entity787 and CA19-9 levels were elevated. One @entity1 had resection, 2 had complete enucleation and 1 had partial enucleation. There were no deaths. Morbidity included 1 wound @entity281 ; there were no @entity3116 . The @entity1 with partial enucleation had a radiologically confirmed recurrence. CONCLUSIONS: Analysis of cyst fluid @entity787 and CA19-9 is useful for diagnosis; besides hepatic resection, complete enucleation should be considered as a reasonable treatment for @entity1 with this disease.

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@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['women', 'patients', 'patient', 'PATIENTS', 'man'] @entity409 :: ('MESH:D008107', 'Disease') :: ['cystadenomas of the liver'] @entity787 :: ('1084', 'Gene') :: ['CEA'] @entity281 :: ('MESH:D007239', 'Disease') :: ['infection'] @entity3116 :: ('MESH:D001658', 'Disease') :: ['biliary fistulas'] @entity9296 :: ('MESH:D003537', 'Disease') :: ['cystadenoma']
@entity409 :: (MESH:D008107,Disease) :: ['Cystadenomas of the liver']
