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Polycystic liver disease

Polycystic liver disease is a chronic liver disease characterized by multiple cyst formation in the liver. Rarely other organs are also affected by cysts.

Symptoms

liver cysts
Multiple liver cysts are the hallmark of polycystic liver disease.

Systematic

Hereditary liver disease
Aceruloplasminemia/Hypoceruloplasminemia
Budd-Chiari syndrome
Caroli disease
Fabry disease
Genetic hyperbilirubinemia
Hemochromatosis
Hepatitis B susceptibility
Hepatocellular carcinoma
Ivemark syndrome
Polycystic liver disease
LRP5
Polycystic liver disease 1
PRKCSH
Polycystic liver disease 2
SEC63
Trichohepatoenteric syndrome

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Wikipedia article

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