Inflammatory pseudotumor of the liver masquerading as a metastasis in a child treated for nephroblastoma.
A 3 1/2-year-old boy presented with a palpable hepatic tumor thought on clinical and radiological grounds to be a metastasis but which was found to be an inflammatory pseudotumor on histological examination. Eighteen months previously he had received chemotherapy and radiotherapy for a stage IV Wilms' tumor, which had been surgically excised 4 months after commencing treatment. This case illustrates the importance of obtaining a histological diagnosis in the management of patients with malignant tumors.
Newbould
M J
MJ
Department of Pathology, Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, Pendlebury, England.
Kelsey
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Lendon
M
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Gururangan
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D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006104:Granuloma, Plasma Cell / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary; D008297:Male; D009396:Wilms Tumor / Q000473:pathology* / Q000556:secondary