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Inflammatory pseudotumor of the liver: An enigmatic lesion with polyclonal plasma cell proliferation
Author(s) -
Larson Eric B.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
hepatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.488
H-Index - 361
eISSN - 1527-3350
pISSN - 0270-9139
DOI - 10.1002/hep.1840070237
Subject(s) - medicine , malignancy , pathology , etiology , lesion , inflammatory pseudotumor , erythrocyte sedimentation rate , presentation (obstetrics) , plasma cell , gastroenterology , radiology , bone marrow
Five cases of inflammatory pseudotumour of the liver are reported and compared with seven individual previously published case reports. Clinical presentation was variable but often comprised low grade intermittent fever, vague abdominal symptoms, and a history of weight loss. Leucocytosis, raised erythrocyte sedimentation rate, and polyclonal hyperglobulinaemia were also sometimes detected. All five cases in the present series were considered to be clinically malignant; and in two the histological diagnosis was also that of malignancy. The lesion is clearly inflammatory and reactive, but the aetiology remains unknown.