Heloury Y, Bouvier S, Nomballais M F, Talmant C, Lopes P
Service de chirurgie pédiatrique, hôpital Mère-Enfant, Nantes, France.
Pediatrie. 1991;46(8-9):593-5.
The authors report on a case of hepatic cyst with neonatal diagnosis. The cyst resulted in neonatal respiratory distress leading to emergency surgery (partial cystectomy). Histological examination revealed the presence of a cystic hamartoma. This cases provides the basis for a discussion on the diagnosis of a neonatal abdominal cystic tumor and the nature of the hepatic cyst in the neonate.