A Case of Inflammatory Pseudotumour Masquerading as Hepatocellular Carcinoma.
autoimmune hepatitis
hepatocellular carcinoma
igg4 related disease
inflammatory pseudotumour
tumour markers
Journal
Cureus
ISSN: 2168-8184
Titre abrégé: Cureus
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101596737
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Sep 2023
Sep 2023
Historique:
accepted:
24
09
2023
medline:
27
9
2023
pubmed:
27
9
2023
entrez:
27
9
2023
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Inflammatory pseudotumors (IPTs) of the liver can mimic malignant lesions. As the name implies, they are usually associated with an inflammatory process and usually regress with the treatment of the underlying pathology. We report a case of a 67-year-old female who presented with right upper quadrant pain, deranged liver enzymes, elevated tumor markers [alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) and CA 19-9], and a large liver mass on imaging, suspected to be hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). She was eventually diagnosed with IPT complicating the liver inflammation due to autoimmune hepatitis (AIH). She responded well to treatment with steroids and immunosuppressive therapy.
Identifiants
pubmed: 37753063
doi: 10.7759/cureus.45897
pmc: PMC10518897
doi:
Types de publication
Case Reports
Langues
eng
Pagination
e45897Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2023, Rajamanickam Chandrasekaran et al.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
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