Liver Inflammatory Pseudotumor Mimicking Cholangiocarcinoma.
10.15279/kpba.2016.21.3.180
- Author:
Sun Min PARK
1
;
Young In KIM
;
Soon Chang PARK
;
Young Bean KO
;
Kyong Joo LEE
;
Jhii Hyun AHN
;
Mee Yon CHO
;
Jae Woo KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, Korea. smild123@yonsei.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Liver;
Cholangiocarcinoma;
Inflammatory pseudotumor
- MeSH:
Aged;
Cholangiocarcinoma*;
Emergency Service, Hospital;
Follow-Up Studies;
Granuloma, Plasma Cell*;
Humans;
Inflammation;
Jaundice;
Liver*;
Magnetic Resonance Imaging;
Myalgia;
Plasma Cells;
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
- From:Korean Journal of Pancreas and Biliary Tract
2016;21(3):180-184
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Inflammatory pseudotumor of the liver is a benign disease which is histologically characterized by plasma cell infiltration and reactive fibrotic inflammation. Differentiating this disease from malignant tumor is not easy. The authors report a case of inflammatory pseudotumor mimicked as intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma. A 74-year-old man visited the emergency department complaining of jaundice and myalgia which have lasted for 1 to 2 weeks. After computed tomography (CT) scan and magnetic resonance imaging of the liver, he was initially diagnosed with intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma, but was ultimately found to be inflammatory pseudotumor after pathologic examination of the liver tissue. His symptoms improved after a course of antibiotic therapy and conservative treatment, and the lesion disappeared on follow-up CT scan.
