Has anyone been recently dx with a cystadencarcinoma liver?

hello,

 wondering if anyone has had a cystadencarcinoma which is a rare malignant cyst of the liver? There was a also a benign version.

 

about a month ago I had very, very sudden severe pain in my upper right abdomen. When the pain which was worse than home birth labour pains subsided a little I had a palpable lump like a fist just under my rib cage.

over the last months various scans support most likely to be a cystadencarcinoma which is too big to surgically remove now so will need chemotherapy .

I have had two attempted per cutaneous biopsies too but these have failed as the tissue taken has been too narcotic to sample. Which is gutting. Hospital is trying again using an endoscopy next week.

has anyone had any experience of these cysts? Which I believe are rare? How were you treated.

I did have an HPV base of tongue/tonsil cancer in 2018 but the hospital team feel this type of cancer doesn't usually spread but of course this might be instead a secondary cancer from my tongue.

 

thanks

  • I'm sorry to hear a cystadenocarcinoma has been found on your liver Elle.

    I've had a look through the forum and unfortunately I couldn't find anyone within the community that has/had this however, many of our members who have found out they have cancer will definintely understand what you're going through at the moment, so you are not alone and hopefully some of them will be along soon to offer their support and advice.

    If you have any questions about your diagnosis or would just like to talk things through with someone, then our team of cancer nurses are available on 0808 800 4040, Monday - Friday between 9a.m - 5p.m. They're very insightful and will do all they can to help.

    You may be able to find out how to to connect with others and also get further information about your diagnosis from the British Liver Trust.

    We're thinking of you Elle and wishing you all the best with your endoscopy next week.

    Kind regards,

    Steph, Cancer Chat Moderator