brl-28500 and Liver-Diseases

Inflammatory hepatic pseudo-tumors are rare, non-neoplastic lesions, and their diagnosis is usually made on hepatectomy samples.. The general health of a 77 year-old patient was suddenly altered and clinical examination (and scan) revealed a hepatic tumor. Diagnosis of inflammatory hepatic pseudo-tumor was evoked by analysis of a biopsy. In view of the age and the general state of the patient we chose prolonged antibiotic therapy rather than hepatic surgery. Nine months later, the tumor had regressed.. Because they are rare (100 cases described), hepatic pseudo-tumors raise two questions: can diagnosis be made simply by biopsy or should one always analyze the complete sample and, if hepatectomy is contraindicated, is non-surgical treatment effective? The progression of our patient permits us to reply positively to both questions.

Topics: Aged; Biopsy; Ciprofloxacin; Clavulanic Acids; Drug Therapy, Combination; Female; Granuloma, Plasma Cell; Humans; Liver; Liver Diseases; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Ticarcillin; Treatment Outcome