title: [Hepatic inflammatory pseudotumor regressing with antibiotic therapy].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Inflammatory hepatic pseudo-tumors are rare, non-neoplastic lesions, and their diagnosis is usually made on hepatectomy samples.
  
  
  METHODS
  The general health of a 77 year-old patient was suddenly altered and clinical examination (and scan) revealed a hepatic tumor. Diagnosis of inflammatory hepatic pseudo-tumor was evoked by analysis of a biopsy. In view of the age and the general state of the patient we chose prolonged antibiotic therapy rather than hepatic surgery. Nine months later, the tumor had regressed.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Because they are rare (100 cases described), hepatic pseudo-tumors raise two questions: can diagnosis be made simply by biopsy or should one always analyze the complete sample and, if hepatectomy is contraindicated, is non-surgical treatment effective? The progression of our patient permits us to reply positively to both questions.
authors.affiliation: Service des maladies digestives et tropicales, Hôpital d'instruction des armées Robert-Picqué, Route de Toulouse, 33998 Bordeaux Armées. d.kaza@wanadoo.fr
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Casassus-Builhé
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Le Bougeant
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Carmois
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Terrier
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Chauveau
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Armand
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Oddes
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy; D002939:Ciprofloxacin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002969:Clavulanic Acids / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006104:Granuloma, Plasma Cell / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D013982:Ticarcillin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D002969:Clavulanic Acids; D002939:Ciprofloxacin; C043215:ticarcillin-clavulanic acid; D013982:Ticarcillin