[Lymphoplasmacytic inflammatory pseudotumor of the liver]

An Sist Sanit Navar. 2016 Mayo-Agosto;39(2):305-8. doi: 10.23938/ASSN.0263.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

We present the case of a middle-aged woman with antecedents of cholecystectomy and several episodes of resi-dual coledocolitiasis resolved endoscopically. She attended Emergency Services due to a new clinical picture of abdo-minal pain and alteration of hepatic enzymes. Image tests showed lesions that suggested hepatic abscesses without ruling out a malign origin. Given this doubt it was decided to carry out a thick needle biopsy obtaining a diagnosis of an inflammatory pseudotumour of the liver related to IgG4-related disease. This is an infrequent entity but must be taken into consideration because - unlike malign pathology, which is the main differential diagnosis - its behaviour is benign, with a good evolution with medical treatment. That is why a suitable diagnosis is vital to avoid aggressive, diagnostic-therapeutic procedures.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Female
  • Granuloma, Plasma Cell / pathology*
  • Humans
  • Liver Diseases / pathology*
  • Middle Aged