Hepatic Cysts in Korea: Prevalence, Incidence, and Risk Factors Based on a 5.8-Year Follow-up Health Screening Cohort
Kang Seo, Yujeong Kim, Sang Hyuk Park, Nam-Joon Yi, Jeong Hee Yoon, Goh Eun Chung, Jeong-Moo Lee, Seoung Yoon Rho, Min Su Park, Eun Kyung Choe, Aesun Shin · 2026
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Kang Seo and co-authors count liver cysts in a huge Korean health screening group, in a 2026 study. These fluid sacs are mostly harmless, yet past counts swung wildly, from under three percent to over seventy. The cohort held 78,676 adults scanned at a Seoul hospital center between 2003 and 2014.
Baseline prevalence came to 8.54 percent. Among 41,179 people free of cysts at first, new cysts appeared at 23.4 per thousand person-years. A text-mining rule read the ultrasound reports to find cases. Risk modeling flagged hepatitis B surface markers and kidney cysts among the companions of new liver cysts. The long follow-up gives clinics a firm base rate for a common incidental find.
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| CREATOR | Kang Seo, Yujeong Kim, Sang Hyuk Park, Nam-Joon Yi, Jeong Hee Yoon, Goh Eun Chung, Jeong-Moo Lee, Seoung Yoon Rho, Min Su Park, Eun Kyung Choe, Aesun Shin |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 35 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |