Inflammatory Pseudotumor of the Liver / 대한간학회지
The Korean Journal of Hepatology
;
: 69-76, 1998.
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in Korean
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| ID: wpr-56510
ABSTRACT
Inflammatory pseudotumor of the liver is a rare benign tumor with microscopic finding of fibrous stroma and chronic inflammatory cell infiltration. Predominance of plasma cells, histiocytes, lymphocytes, some eosinophils and whorled pattern of fibrosis is often characteristic. Due to similar radiologic appearance of hepatocellular carcinoma, inflammatory pseudotumor of the liver was often misdiagnosed and hepatic resection is often performed before preoperative tissue diagnosis. We report a case of inflammatory pseudotumor, which was a 47-year-old woman with fever, upper aMominal pain and weight loss, diagnosed by sonoguided liver biopsy and treated with antibiotic therapy only without surgery. After two weeks of treatment, the radiologic image of the mass was almost disappeared with improvement of previous symptoms. This opportunity and the possible effectiveness of antibiotic treatment should keep in mind in the differential diagnosis of the hepatic mass with similar radiologic appearance of hepatocellular carcinoma.
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Main subject:
Plasma Cells
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Biopsy
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Fibrosis
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Lymphocytes
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Weight Loss
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Carcinoma, Hepatocellular
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Diagnosis
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Diagnosis, Differential
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Eosinophils
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Fever
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
Limits:
Female
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Humans
Language:
Korean
Journal:
The Korean Journal of Hepatology
Year:
1998
Type:
Article
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