title: Foreign-body granuloma mimicking an extrahepatically growing liver tumor: report of a case.
abstract: We herein describe a 74-year-old woman with a foreign-body granuloma mimicking a liver tumor. Imaging studies revealed a pedunculated left lobe mass in the setting of chronic liver disease. She had a past history of a cholecystectomy as well as a previous gynecological operation. A left lateral segmentectomy was performed because of the possibility of a rupture. The dissected specimen showed a foreign-body granuloma caused by gauze. We believe this case to be a very unique granuloma, which should be kept in mind whenever making a diagnosis of a liver tumor particularly in a patient with chronic liver disease, who has a past history of abdominal surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery II, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, School of Medicine, Kitakyushu, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ezaki
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Okamura
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kodate
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shirakusa
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tanimoto
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hiratsuka
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D015745:Granuloma, Foreign-Body / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis