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Hepatic Bubble: Rare Case of a Primary Hepatic Cyst

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Journal of Fetal Medicine

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Fetal hepatic cyst is a rare lesion. The authors present a case of fetal hepatic cyst detected at 20 weeks of gestation during the target scan. Sonography revealed an anechoic lesion in the right upper quadrant of the fetal abdomen lacking vascularity on color Doppler. The lesion remained stable during the course of pregnancy. A baby girl was delivered at 38 weeks of gestation. Postnatal evaluation of the child confirmed the diagnosis of a primary hepatic cyst.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Prime Diagnostic Centre and Heart Institute, S.C.O. 155, Sector 24D, Chandigarh, 160023, India

    Divya Singh & Ladbans Kaur

  2. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Prime Diagnostic Centre and Heart Institute, Chandigarh, India

    Meetan Preet Kaur

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Singh, D., Kaur, L. & Kaur, M.P. Hepatic Bubble: Rare Case of a Primary Hepatic Cyst. J. Fetal Med. 4, 203–205 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40556-017-0136-0

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