Hepatic tuberculosis masquerading as cholangiocarcinoma: an unusual differential for a liver mass.

cholangiocarcinoma hemihepatectomy primary hepatic tuberculosis

Journal

Journal of surgical case reports
ISSN: 2042-8812
Titre abrégé: J Surg Case Rep
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101560169

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Aug 2020
Historique:
received: 24 05 2020
accepted: 18 06 2020
entrez: 3 9 2020
pubmed: 3 9 2020
medline: 3 9 2020
Statut: epublish

Résumé

A 54-year-old woman presented with an incidentally identified asymptomatic liver lesion with imaging characteristics suspicious for malignancy. She underwent a left hemihepatectomy for presumed cholangiocarcinoma. Histopathology revealed granulomas with microbiological investigations later revealing a diagnosis of isolated hepatic tuberculosis. There were no pulmonary or other disease sites identified. The patient has been medically managed for primary hepatic tuberculosis and remains well postoperatively. This case identifies a rare differential for a liver mass that needs to be considered in the clinicians' workup.

Identifiants

pubmed: 32874539
doi: 10.1093/jscr/rjaa247
pii: rjaa247
pmc: PMC7450216
doi:

Types de publication

Case Reports

Langues

eng

Pagination

rjaa247

Informations de copyright

Published by Oxford University Press and JSCR Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved. © The Author(s) 2020.

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Auteurs

Christopher Maguire (C)

Department of Surgery, Townsville University Hospital, Townsville 4814, Australia.

Pirathaban Sivabalan (P)

Department of Medicine, Townsville University Hospital, Townsville 4814, Australia.

Shaurya Jhamb (S)

Department of Surgery, Townsville University Hospital, Townsville 4814, Australia.

Pranavan Palamuthusingam (P)

Department of Surgery, Townsville University Hospital, Townsville 4814, Australia.

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