title: Liver mass due to penetration of a silent duodenal ulcer.
abstract: Liver penetration is a rare but serious complication of peptic ulcer disease. We report a 60-year-old man, without any serious risk factor for peptic ulcer, presented with mild abdominal discomfort, food-related vomiting and weight loss, and a mass in the left hepatic lobe, which was the result of a silent duodenal ulcer penetration. The diagnosis was based on histological examination of the endoscopic biopsies.
authors: Department of Internal Medicine, Imam Hospital, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran. mhosseinsina@yahoo.com
authors: Mohammad-Hossein
authors: MH
authors: Somi
authors: Mohammad-Kazem
authors: MK
authors: Tarzamni
authors: Sara
authors: S
authors: Farhang
authors: Amir-Taher
authors: AT
authors: Eftekhaar-Sadat
mesh_terms: D004381:Duodenal Ulcer / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D016099:Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal; D006801:Humans; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed