Liver mass due to penetration of a silent duodenal ulcer.
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.
Somi
Mohammad-Hossein
MH
Department of Internal Medicine, Imam Hospital, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran. mhosseinsina@yahoo.com
Tarzamni
Mohammad-Kazem
MK
Farhang
Sara
S
Eftekhaar-Sadat
Amir-Taher
AT
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