Adenosquamous carcinoma presenting as liver abscess.
- Author:
Jessie Tse Hang YEUNG
1
;
Wai Chau FAN
;
Rickie Lik Fai CHENG
Author Information
1. Department of Radiology, Princess Margaret Hospital, 2-10 Princess Margaret Hospital Road, Lai Chi Kok, Kowloon, HongKong. jezzyeung@gmail.com
- Publication Type:Case Reports
- MeSH:
Abdominal Pain;
diagnosis;
Biopsy;
Carcinoma, Adenosquamous;
diagnosis;
Diagnosis, Differential;
Fatal Outcome;
Female;
Fever;
Humans;
Liver;
diagnostic imaging;
Liver Abscess;
diagnosis;
Liver Neoplasms;
diagnosis;
Middle Aged;
Neoplasm Metastasis;
Recurrence;
Retrospective Studies;
Tomography, X-Ray Computed;
Ultrasonography
- From:Singapore medical journal
2012;53(6):e110-3
- CountrySingapore
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Adenosquamous carcinoma (ASC) has a nonspecific presentation. We report a patient with ASC who presented with fever and epigastric pain. Computed tomographic findings and clinical features were suggestive of a liver abscess, while ultrasonography showed a complex space-occupying lesion. Biopsy revealed a lesion with malignant glandular and squamous components, a finding that was compatible with ASC. Complex space-occupying lesions should raise the suspicion of a mass lesion. Subtle imaging clues of a metastatic disease were reviewed retrospectively.
