Inflammatory pseudotumour of the liver: the residuum of a biliary cystadenoma?

Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2007 Apr;19(4):333-6. doi: 10.1097/MEG.0b013e328010b128.

Abstract

Inflammatory pseudotumour is a rare form of a liver mass. We report the case of a 28-year-old man presenting with obstructive jaundice, in whom an inflammatory pseudotumour arose with the resolution of a mucus secreting cystic liver lesion. The initial features suggested an intrahepatic cystadenoma or cystadenocarcinoma, which on its involution left a solid mass. Histopathology showed an inflammatory pseudotumour with no evidence of malignancy. A similar case has been reported recently, with the development of an inflammatory pseudotumour following collapse of a liver cyst seen on imaging. These two cases may shed some light on the origins of these rare liver lesions.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Biliary Tract Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Biliary Tract Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde
  • Cystadenoma / diagnostic imaging
  • Cystadenoma / pathology*
  • Granuloma, Plasma Cell / diagnostic imaging
  • Granuloma, Plasma Cell / etiology*
  • Granuloma, Plasma Cell / pathology
  • Humans
  • Liver Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Liver Diseases / etiology*
  • Liver Diseases / pathology
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Neoplasm, Residual
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed