[Congenital, solitary hepatic cyst: Observation of the development from birth upon the intervention in the 5th year of life]. / Kongenitale solitäre Leberzyste - Eine Verlaufsbeobachtung von der Geburt bis zur Intervention im 5. Lebensjahr.

BACKGROUND: Sonographic screening helps to discover pathological findings in asymptomatic patients. In these cases the decision about diagnostic and therapeutic consequences is difficult. CASE REPORT: We describe a girl with a congenital small solitary hepatic cyst with rapidly increasing size after the second year, which was interventionally sclerosed at the age of five years. CONCLUSION: Even in cases of small cysts long term follow up investigations are necessary, because the growth rate of the cyst can change.