Patient: My mother is 55 years old and she often feels pain under her ribs when she breathes. She went to the hospital and said that there are many cysts in her liver and gallbladder and the largest one is the size of an egg. How should I treat them and what should I pay attention to in general? Hospital General Surgery: Have you taken a CT film? If so, you’d better ask your local doctor to take a picture of the CT film with a digital camera against the film reading light. This can usually be solved with a laparoscopy, without a large incision in the abdomen.