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Botryomycosis of the liver
Author(s) -
OMAR T.,
COOPER K.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
histopathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.626
H-Index - 124
eISSN - 1365-2559
pISSN - 0309-0167
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2559.1995.tb00294.x
Subject(s) - malignancy , pathology , hepatocellular carcinoma , medicine , actinomycosis , pathological , fibrosis , parenchyma , liver parenchyma , carcinoma
A case of visceral botryomycosis of the liver in a 50‐year‐old man is reported. The clinical diagnosis was hepatocellular carcinoma. Pathological examination of the surgically resected specimen demonstrated microabscesses containing gram‐ positive microorganisms with surrounding fibrosis replacing liver parenchyma. An immune deficiency state was not demonstrated. Recognition of this condition is important because of its clinical confusion with malignancy and its histological similarity to actinomycosis, nocardia, and eumycotic infections.