title: Hepatic segmentectomy for treatment of hepatic tuberculous pseudotumor.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  This study was designed to explore the preoperative diagnosis and surgical modality of patients with hepatic tuberculous pseudotumor.
  
  
  METHODS
  Of 682 patients who had undergone liver resection from January 1988 to December 2004, 8 were confirmed pathologically as having hepatic tuberculous pseudotumor after operation. Their clinical features, laboratory findings,results of preoperative imaging and surgical modality of the 8 patients were analyzed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In these patients, 5 were misinterpreted as having other types of liver tumor and 3 were confirmed as having liver tuberculous pseudotumor preoperatively. All the 8 patients underwent hepatic segmentectomy and local hepatic resection. Seven had no tumor recurrence after follow-up for 4 years.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Hepatic tuberculous pseudotumor was highly suspected for the patients with hepatic occupying-space lesions who had a history of tuberculosis. Fine needle aspiration liver biopsy guided by B-mode ultrasound and CT scan could confirm the diagnosis. They are of vital importance in the pathological diagnosis of the tumor. Therapeutic modalities included all kinds of hepatic segmentectomy and postoperative administration of antituberculous agents for the enhancement of the therapeutic effects.
authors.affiliation: Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Qingdao Municipal Hospital, Qingdao 266011, China. xingxue1964@163.com
authors.forename: Xue
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Xing
authors.forename: Hong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Wei-Guo
authors.initials: WG
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006099:Granuloma / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008111:Liver Function Tests; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014386:Tuberculosis, Hepatic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*