i have a history of polycystic kidney disease in my family. there has been no sign of any passed on to me. i just received my abdominal ultrasound results and they say there is about a 1.5cm cyst on the left hepatic lobe and the right hepatic lobe. what does that mean?
Hi, Thanks for writing in. It is important to know your age and if you are an elderly person then it is less likely that kidney polycystic disease will affect you. A few cysts in the kidneys after the age of 60 years is acceptable and considered normal. In the liver also, small cysts can be seen in most of the population after 60 years of age. Your liver cyst is 1.5 cm and is a small one by size. The location of the cyst in the right and left lobes does not have any significance. If you are in the younger age group then there is a need to repeat the ultrasound scan abdomen after 6 months to know any progressive enlargement in the size of liver cysts. There is no concern for you right now, and you can accept your these cysts in your liver as harmless findings. Please do not worry.