Abstract
Five cases of inflammatory pseudotumour of the liver are reported and compared with seven individual previously published case reports. Clinical presentation was variable but often comprised low grade intermittent fever, vague abdominal symptoms, and a history of weight loss. Leucocytosis, raised erythrocyte sedimentation rate, and polyclonal hyperglobulinaemia were also sometimes detected. All five cases in the present series were considered to be clinically malignant; and in two the histological diagnosis was also that of malignancy. The lesion is clearly inflammatory and reactive, but the aetiology remains unknown.
Full text
PDF
Images in this article
Selected References
These references are in PubMed. This may not be the complete list of references from this article.
- Bahadori M., Liebow A. A. Plasma cell granulomas of the lung. Cancer. 1973 Jan;31(1):191–208. doi: 10.1002/1097-0142(197301)31:1<191::aid-cncr2820310127>3.0.co;2-d. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- Chen K. T. Inflammatory pseudotumor of the liver. Hum Pathol. 1984 Jul;15(7):694–696. doi: 10.1016/s0046-8177(84)80298-1. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- Cotelingam J. D., Jaffe E. S. Inflammatory pseudotumor of the spleen. Am J Surg Pathol. 1984 May;8(5):375–380. doi: 10.1097/00000478-198405000-00006. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- Eimoto T., Yanaka M., Kurosawa M., Ikeya F. Plasma cell granuloma (inflammatory pseudotumor) of the spinal cord meninges: report of a case. Cancer. 1978 May;41(5):1929–1936. doi: 10.1002/1097-0142(197805)41:5<1929::aid-cncr2820410537>3.0.co;2-s. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- Gonzalez-Crussi F., Vanderbilt B. L., Miller J. K. Unusual intracardiac tumor in a child. Inflammatory pseudotumor or "granulomatous" variant of myxoma? Cancer. 1975 Dec;36(6):2214–2226. doi: 10.1002/cncr.2820360939. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- HAITH E. E., KEPES J. J., HOLDER T. M. INFLAMMATORY PSEUDOTUMOR INVOLVING THE COMMON BILE DUCT OF A SIX-YEAR-OLD BOY: SUCCESSFUL PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY. Surgery. 1964 Aug;56:436–441. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- Heneghan M. A., Kaplan C. G., Priebe C. J., Jr, Partin J. S. Inflammatory pseudotumor of the liver: a rare cause of obstructive jaundice and portal hypertension in a child. Pediatr Radiol. 1984;14(6):433–435. doi: 10.1007/BF02343436. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- Hertzer N. R., Hawk W. A., Hermann R. E. Inflammatory lesions of the liver which simulate tumor: report of two cases in children. Surgery. 1971 Jun;69(6):839–846. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- PACK G. T., BAKER H. W. Total right hepatic lobectomy; report of a case. Ann Surg. 1953 Aug;138(2):253–258. doi: 10.1097/00000658-195308000-00012. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- Paineau J., Gaillard F., Visset J. Pseudo-tumeur inflammatoire du foie. Evolution inhabituelle d'un abcès méconnu? A propos d'une observation. J Chir (Paris) 1983 Oct;120(10):529–533. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- Soga J., Saito K., Suzuki N., Sakai T. Plasma cell granuloma of the stomach. A report of a case and review of the literature. Cancer. 1970 Mar;25(3):618–625. doi: 10.1002/1097-0142(197003)25:3<618::aid-cncr2820250317>3.0.co;2-r. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- Someren A. "Inflammatory pseudotumor" of liver with occlusive phlebitis: report of a case in a child and review of the literature. Am J Clin Pathol. 1978 Feb;69(2):176–181. doi: 10.1093/ajcp/69.2.176. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- West S. G., Pittman D. L., Coggin J. T. Intracranial plasma cell granuloma. Cancer. 1980 Jul 15;46(2):330–335. doi: 10.1002/1097-0142(19800715)46:2<330::aid-cncr2820460220>3.0.co;2-m. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- Wu J. P., Yunis E. J., Fetterman G., Jaeschke W. F., Gilbert E. F. Inflammatory pseudo-tumours of the abdomen: plasma cell granulomas. J Clin Pathol. 1973 Dec;26(12):943–948. doi: 10.1136/jcp.26.12.943. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]