Revista do Colégio Brasileiro de Cirurgiões ()

Pseudotumor inflamatório do fígado: diagnóstico diferencial de carcinoma hepatocelular

  • Antonio Nocchi Kalil,
  • Tiago B. Franco,
  • Roque Furian

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/S0100-69912002000200010
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 29, no. 2
pp. 112 – 114

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The authors present a rare case of inflammatory pseudotumor of the liver whose differential diagnosis with hepatocellular carcinoma - in some cases - is only possible with the histological examination. In this case, a female patient, 38 years-old was suffering from abdominal pain, enlarged liver, thinning, tiredness and fever; alpha-fetoprotein, the liver function tests, amylase and lipase were normal. Abdominal ultrasound and computed tomography showed a node in the right liver lobe. The patient was submitted to a right hepatectomy for hepatocellular carcinoma. Histological examination showed an inflammatory pseudotumor of the liver. The patient was discharged from the hospital on the seventh postoperative day; she is asymptomatic for three years.

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