Inflammatory pseudotumor of the liver in a patient with chronic sclerosing cholangitis.
Inflammatory pseudotumor of the liver (IPL) is a rare fibro-inflammatory mass of unknown etiology, resembling a neoplasm. We report the occurrence of such a lesion in a young male Cambodian refugee to Canada who had a history of chronic cholangitis. Imaging studies suggested an intrahepatic abscess. Our report suggests that the lesion in this patient may have resulted from chronic portal pyemia.
Gough
J
J
Department of Pathology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.
Chakrabarti
S
S
D000328:Adult; D015209:Cholangitis, Sclerosing / Q000150:complications*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006104:Granuloma, Plasma Cell / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male