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ArticleScientific reports2021

Long-term outcome of incidental cystic liver tumors in the general population.

S F U Blum, T Ittermann, M L Kromrey, C M Dreyer, D Seppelt, R T Hoffmann, H Völzke, J P Kühn

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Article in Scientific reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

S F U BlumInstitute and Polyclinic for Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technical University Dresden, Fetscherstraße 74, 01307, Dresden, Germany. sophia.blum@ukdd.de.
T IttermannInstitute of Community Medicine, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany.
M L KromreyInstitute of Diagnostic Radiology and Neuroradiology, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany.
C M DreyerInstitute and Polyclinic for Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technical University Dresden, Fetscherstraße 74, 01307, Dresden, Germany.
D SeppeltInstitute and Polyclinic for Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technical University Dresden, Fetscherstraße 74, 01307, Dresden, Germany.
R T HoffmannInstitute and Polyclinic for Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technical University Dresden, Fetscherstraße 74, 01307, Dresden, Germany.
H VölzkeInstitute of Community Medicine, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany.
J P KühnInstitute and Polyclinic for Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technical University Dresden, Fetscherstraße 74, 01307, Dresden, Germany.
University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus · DEUniversitätsmedizin Greifswald · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Aim of this study was to investigate frequency, incidence and risk factors of liver cysts in the general population in a longitudinal survey. Cyst frequency was investigated in 607 adult volunteers (288 women, 319 men, mean age 55 years) using strong T2-weighted magnetic resonance imaging. Risk factors were investigated for occurrence, frequency and size of cystic lesions at baseline. Incidence and physiological growing of the lesions were observed in a 5-years follow-up. At baseline, 431 volunteers had 1,479 cysts (71.0%). The mean number of cysts per person was 3.4 ± 9.0. The mean size of cysts was 13.1 ± 11.7 mm. Women had a higher number of cysts than men (p = 0.026). Older and male volunteers demonstrated a higher cyst frequency (p = 0.002 and p = 0.025). Per one-year increase in age the chance for a liver cyst increased by 2%. Four-hundred seventeen volunteers had cysts in the follow-up, in 24.6% new lesions had occurred. Lesion size significantly increased in follow-up (p < 0.001). Age and male sex were associated with the occurrence of at least one liver cyst. Women had a higher average number of cysts. Cystic lesion progression is a physiological phenomenon in the long-term follow-up.

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AdultAgedAged, 80 and overAge FactorsBiomarkersCystsFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansIncidenceIncidental FindingsLiver NeoplasmsMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleMiddle AgedPopulation SurveillanceBiomarkers

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