The prevalence and associated factors of simple hepatic cysts in Shanghai:a population-based cross-sectional study
The prevalence and associated factors of simple hepatic cysts in Shanghai: a population-based cross-sectional study作者机构:Department of GastroenterologyChangzheng HospitalNaval Medical UniversityShanghai 200003China Endoscopy CenterChangzheng HospitalNaval Medical UniversityShanghai 200003China Department of Health StatisticsNaval Medical UniversityShanghai 200433China Department of GastroenterologyShanghai East HospitalTongji University School of MedicineShanghai 200120China
出 版 物:《Chinese Medical Journal》 (中华医学杂志(英文版))
年 卷 期:2021年第134卷第10期
页 面:1248-1250页
核心收录:
学科分类:1002[医学-临床医学] 100201[医学-内科学(含:心血管病、血液病、呼吸系病、消化系病、内分泌与代谢病、肾病、风湿病、传染病)] 10[医学]
主 题:prevalence hepatic organs
摘 要:To the Editor:Simple hepatic cyst is a common reason for consultation with gastroenterologists and *** most patients have a benign course,some suffer from serious complications,such as intracystic infection,hemorrhage,and even rupture,or symptoms caused by severe oppression of the surrounding tissues and *** the prevalence of,and characteristics of,and factors associated with simple hepatic cysts is helpful for better treatment of symptomatic *** reported prevalence of the disease varies widely,ranging from 2.5%to 18.0%,and most of them were based on hospital surveys.[1,2,3,4]As an asymptomatic disease in most cases,simple hepatic cysts are usually discovered incidentally on abdominal ***,surveys based on hospital populations cannot represent true ***,due to the absence of healthy controls,surveys with hospital populations have been unable to identify associated factors for simple hepatic cysts.[1,2,3,4].