Adult Polycystic Liver Disease (APLD) is a rare affection characterized by multiple cystic lesions of the liver. It may be associated with kidney cysts too and is frequently diagnosed accidentally in images studies as a non symptomatic condition. However, some patients can develop symptoms due to mass effect of multiple and big sized cyst such as abdominal pain, gastric compression, palpable mass and biliary obstruction1,2
Surgical treatment is the only option available in order to resolve those symptoms and could varies from minimally-invasive surgery to liver transplantation. Once diagnosis is made, surgical strategy and timing to operation can be a challenging situation3,4,5.
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