Intratumor Abscess in a Posttraumatic Hepatic Inflammatory Pseudotumor Spreading Out of the Liver.

Intratumor Abscess in a Posttraumatic Hepatic Inflammatory Pseudotumor Spreading Out of the Liver. Intern Med. 2020 Sep 05;: Authors: Hayashi M, Fujita M, Abe K, Takahashi A, Muto M, Ishigame T, Okada R, Marubashi S, Ohira H Abstract A 45-year-old woman with abdominal pain after minor trauma was referred to our hospital. Computed tomography (CT) showed a hypovascular tumor in the left liver lobe. A tumor biopsy revealed granuloma, although no findings indicated malignancy or infection. A follow-up imaging study showed spread of the hepatic tumor. Her abdominal pain worsened after a second minor trauma. CT revealed an intratumor abscess, and pus overflowed from the patient's umbilicus. The abscess was improved by antibiotics and drainage therapy. In this case, unusual imaging findings and an atypical disease course of a hepatic inflammatory pseudotumor were observed. PMID: 32893230 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
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