Inflammatory pseudotumor of the liver. Ultrasound and CT features

Clin Imaging. 1995 Jan-Mar;19(1):43-6. doi: 10.1016/0899-7071(94)00020-d.

Abstract

Inflammatory pseudotumor of the liver is characterized by a well-circumscribed, encapsulated inflammatory mass consisting of inflammatory cell infiltration and fibrosis. We report the radiological findings of inflammatory pseudotumor of the liver in two patients with recurrent pyogenic cholangitis, showing a poorly defined, heterogeneous, hypovascular mass, mimicking a tumor. Radiological findings are not characteristic and definitive diagnosis requires needle biopsy or surgery.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Bile Duct Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Cholangiocarcinoma / diagnosis
  • Cholangitis / diagnostic imaging
  • Cholelithiasis / diagnostic imaging
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Granuloma, Plasma Cell / diagnostic imaging*
  • Humans
  • Liver Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Recurrence
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed*
  • Ultrasonography