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 *Assoc. with colonic diverticula, aortic aneurysm, mitral valve prolapse.
-====Liver and PKD====
+====Liver cysts and PKD====
+=====General=====
+Features:
+*Most common extra-renal manifestation of PKD; dependent on age, sex and renal function:<ref name=pmid9186898>{{cite journal |author=Perrone RD |title=Extrarenal manifestations of ADPKD |journal=Kidney Int. |volume=51 |issue=6 |pages=2022–36 |year=1997 |month=June |pmid=9186898 |doi= |url=http://www.nature.com/ki/journal/v51/n6/pdf/ki1997276a.pdf}}</ref>
+**Age dependence:
+***10-17% <40 years old have liver cysts.
+***70-75% >60 years old have liver cysts.
+**Renal function:
+***60-70% of patient with ESRD and near-ESRD.
+**Females more often affected.
+*Hepatic function usu. perserved.
 Complications:<ref name=Ref_MacSween174-5>{{Ref MacSween|174-5}}</ref>
 #Infected cyst.
 #Cholangiocarcinoma.
-Cysts:
+=====Microscopic=====
-*Cysts in the liver, like the kidney, are thought to enlarge with age.
+Features:
+*''Von Meyenburg complexes'':
+**Cluster of dilated ducts with "altered" bile.
+**Surrounded by collagenous stroma.
-''Von Meyenburg complexes'':
-*Cluster of dilated ducts with "altered" bile.
-*Surrounded by collagenous stroma.
 See also: ''[[Medical liver disease]]''.