Table 3.
The Schnelldorfer Classification Relates Symptom Burden to the Number of Liver Sectors Involved
| Type | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | B | C | D | |
| Symptoms | Absent or mild | Moderate or severe | Severe | Severe |
| Cyst findings | Focal | Focal | Diffuse | Diffuse |
| Normal hepatic segments | >3 | >2 | >1 | <1 |
| Portal vein/hepatic vein occlusion | No | No | No | Yes |
The liver sectors are left lateral sector, left medial sector, right anterior sector, and right posterior sector.
Adapted with permission from World Journal of Gastroenterology.5 Copyright 2013, the authors. Published by Baishideng Publishing Group, Inc.