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Liver cyst on prenatal ultrasound.
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At 25 weeks of gestation, a fetal sonogram reported a 1.3 cm x 1.2 cm x 1.0 cm cyst within the fetal liver (Figure 1).
Liver cyst on ultrasound at day 2 of life.
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On the second day of life, we performed an abdominal sonogram that revealed a liver cyst in the right lobe of the liver, measuring 3.1 cm x 1.8 cm x 2.8 cm (Figure 2).
Gallbladder on ultrasound at day 2 of life.
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The gallbladder appeared unremarkable, with no intrahepatic biliary duct dilatation (Figure 3).
Resolution of liver cyst on ultrasound at 7 months of age.
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She was reevaluated by pediatric gastroenterologist at 7 months of age when a new ultrasound was performed showing complete disappearance of the simple hepatic cyst (Figure 4), with normalization of the hepatic function panel.