title: [The infammatory pseudotumour -- an unusual liver tumour].
abstract: We report on a 49-year-old male patient who was suspected to have a malignant liver tumour with enlarged perihepatic lymph nodes because of CT and ultrasound scanning. To verify the diagnosis and procure a histological specimen, the patient underwent laparotomy. Histologically, an inflammatory pseudotumour could be confirmed. This is a rare disease which can present with fever, abdominal pain, vomiting and weight loss indicating malignancy or abscess. The definite diagnosis is often only verified by surgery.
authors.affiliation: Medizinische Klinik II, jetzt: Innere Medizin 2, Caritaskrankenhaus Bad Mergentheim, Klinikum der Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt am Main.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Schuessler
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fellbaum
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Fauth
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Jacobi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Schmidt-Matthiesen
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ignee
authors.forename: C F
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Dietrich
mesh_terms: D044963:Biopsy, Fine-Needle; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006104:Granuloma, Plasma Cell / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014463:Ultrasonography