Clinical manifestations and imaging findings suggesting a hepatic cystic lesion is more than a simple cyst

Manifestation/imaging finding	Differential diagnosis
Progressive symptoms	Cystadenoma, cystadenocarcinoma, metastasis
Abnormal hepatic biochemical tests	Cystadenocarcinoma, metastasis
Rapid growth on periodic follow-up	Cystadenoma, cystadenocarcinoma, metastasis
Calcifications or daughter cysts	Echinococcal cyst
Thick or irregular cyst wall	Cystadenoma, cystadenocarcinoma, metastasis, echinococcal cyst
Nonhomogeneous cyst content	Cystadenoma, cystadenocarcinoma, echinococcal cyst, bleeding into a simple cyst
Sepations or multilocular cyst space	Cystadenoma, cystadenocarcinoma, echinococcal cyst, bleeding into a simple cyst

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