title: Inflammatory pseudotumor of the liver and spleen.
abstract: We report the case of a 44-year-old woman with an inflammatory pseudotumour of the liver and spleen. This concomitant association has been rarely described. Our patient presented with a 2-day history of low grade fever and pain in the right hypochondrium and lower abdomen, and an abdominal scan revealed a contrast-enhanced mass in the liver in addition to an enlarged spleen with another contrast-enhanced mass. The patient was admitted to the hospital with the diagnosis of multiple liver abscesses and a spleen mass which suggested a neoplasm such as lymphoma. The final diagnosis was made by ultrasound-guided liver mass biopsy, and splenectomy. We review the literature, and highlight the difficulties of diagnosing this entity.
authors.affiliation: Infectious Diseases Unit, Hospital Virgen de la Victoria, Campus Teatinus s/n, 29010, Malaga, Spain.
authors.forename: Carmen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Martínez-Delgado
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Hospital Virgen de la Victoria, Malaga, Spain.
authors.forename: Luis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ocaña
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathologic Anatomy, Hospital Virgen de la Victoria, Malaga, Spain.
authors.forename: Denis-Gerardo
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Estrada
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathologic Anatomy, Hospital Virgen de la Victoria, Malaga, Spain.
authors.forename: Juan-José
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Sánchez-Carrillo
authors.affiliation: Infectious Diseases Unit, Hospital Virgen de la Victoria, Campus Teatinus s/n, 29010, Malaga, Spain. med006809@saludalia.com.
authors.forename: Rosario
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Palacios
keywords: Inflammatory pseudotumour; Liver; Spleen