[From gene to disease; hepatocystin and autosomal dominant polycystic liver disease].

Polycystic liver disease (PCLD, MIM 174050) is a dominantly inherited condition characterised by the presence in the liver of multiple cysts of biliary epithelial origin. It must be distinguished from autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease type 1 (ADPKD-1, MIM 173900) and type 2 (ADPKD-2). Both disorders may be complicated by polycystic liver disease, but renal involvement is absent in PCLD.