title: Inflammatory pseudotumor of the liver in children. A case report and review of the literature.
abstract: A case of hepatic inflammatory pseudotumor with preoperative diagnosis of malignancy in a 14-year-old girl is reported. The lesion manifested clinically with prolonged fever of unknown etiology. Accurate diagnosis was established by laparotomy, resection of the tumor and histological examination. The patient remains asymptomatic during a 2-year follow-up. Inflammatory pseudotumor of the liver should be considered in the differential diagnosis of such cases and the treatment might be more conservative after accurate diagnosis establishment, which is nevertheless difficult to achieve.
authors.affiliation: 2nd Department of Pediatric Surgery, Aghia Sophia Children's Hospital, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Passalides
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Keramidas
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mavrides
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006104:Granuloma, Plasma Cell / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007813:Laparotomy; D008099:Liver / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography