Foreign-body granuloma mimicking an extrahepatically growing liver tumor: report of a case.
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.
Ezaki
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Department of Surgery II, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, School of Medicine, Kitakyushu, Japan.
Okamura
T
T
Yoshida
Y
Y
Kodate
M
M
Shirakusa
T
T
Tanimoto
A
A
Hiratsuka
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R
D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D015745:Granuloma, Foreign-Body / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis