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11059065

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-11-30
pubmed:abstractText
Inflammatory pseudotumor is a rare disease, that is regarded as a benign reactive inflammatory process, although its etiology and pathogenesis are still unknown. The liver is one of the organs most frequently involved, but inflammatory pseudotumors have been reported in many other sites in the body. Inflammatory pseudotumor of the liver presents as a solitary or, less frequently, multiple space-occupying lesion, which the common imaging techniques do not clearly distinguish from primitive or metastatic hepatic malignancies. Biopsy of the lesion is therefore necessary for diagnosis. The case of inflammatory pseudotumor described here presented with radiologic features of multiple solid space-occupying lesions in the liver, associated with multiple osteolytic lesions in the ribs. Such an association, very suggestive of malignancy, has not yet been reported for inflammatory pseudotumors. Optimum management of this disease has not yet been standardized. The majority of patients are treated by hepatic resection, although spontaneous regression has also been described. In our case, rapid improvement of both hepatic and costal lesions was observed, although the patient did not receive any specific treatment.
pubmed:language
ita
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0393-9340
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
15
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
226-31
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
[Costal osteolytic lesions and multiple hepatic neoformations in a patient with inflammatory pseudotumor].
pubmed:affiliation
Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica e Sperimentale, Università degli Studi di Verona.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, English Abstract, Case Reports