2004, Number 1
Inflammatory pseudotumor of the liver
Aguirre-García J
Language: English
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Page: 34
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A 12-year old male was admitted to the hospital with fifteen days of fever and right upper abdominal pain during last two moths, and normal liver function tests. Computed tomographic showed a solitary hypoattenuating hepatic lesion into segment IV, which was resected. Figure 1A shows the resected specimen. A well-circumscribed, round, with yellow and white areas. Figure 1B shows chronic inflammatory infiltrates with foamy histiocytes, plasmacytes, and lymphocytes, and fibroblastic proliferation. Figures 1C and 1D show chronic cholangitis and intestinal metaplasia.