Minimally invasive fenestration for congenital hepatic cyst in infant.

A 19-year-old woman underwent prenatal ultrasonography, which confirmed the presence of an isolated cystic mass in the upper abdominal cavity of a fetus. A female infant weighing 3085 g was delivered at 36 weeks' gestation. Ultrasonography and computed tomography examination revealed a clear unilocular cyst and occupying the right side of the abdomen. The infant's respiratory status was unstable, and she fed poorly, owing to compression by the hepatic cyst. We performed ultrasound-guided aspiration of a hepatic cyst at 15 days old, but it rapidly re-grew. Therefore, we performed laparoscopic findings and fenestration of the hepatic cyst via an umbilical arc incision and the cyst wall was excised at 43 days old. The histopathological diagnosis was mesothelial cell-derived hepatic cyst. Three years after the operation, no recurrence has been observed. Hepatic cyst fenestration by umbilical incision can be performed safely in infants and it is a cosmetically superior method. © Crown copyright 2022.