Open AccessEosinophilic Liver Disease Mimicking Hepatic Metastases
Author(s) -
Vinciane Vercruysse,
Lieven Van Hoe
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
jbr-btr
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1780-2393
DOI - 10.5334/jbr-btr.1235
Subject(s) - eosinophilic , medicine , pathology , infiltration (hvac) , disease , computed tomography , abdomen , hypereosinophilic syndrome , rare disease , liver disease , radiology , eosinophilia , physics , thermodynamics
In rare cases of hypereosinophilic syndrome, nodular lesions of liver due to infiltration of eosinophilic granulocytes has been described. In such cases, a computed tomography of the abdomen could mimic a metastasizing disease while a spontaneous regression of the lesions can be expected. We will present such a case and discuss how this misdiagnosis can be avoided.