Publications

Authors:

Gabrielli, Giovanni Battista; Casaril, Massimo; Stanzial, Annamaria; Corrocher, Roberto

Title:

Lesioni litiche costali e neoformazioni epatiche multiple in un caso di pseudotumore infiammatorio

Year:

2000

Type of item:

Articolo in Rivista

Tipologia ANVUR:

Articolo su rivista

Language:

Italiano

Referee:

Sì

Name of journal:

Annali di Medicina Interna

ISSN of journal:

0393-9340

N° Volume:

15

Page numbers:

226-231

Short description of contents:

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.

Product ID:

9125

Handle IRIS:

11562/9125

Deposited On:

July 23, 2007

Last Modified:

October 28, 2022

Bibliographic citation:

Gabrielli, Giovanni Battista; Casaril, Massimo; Stanzial, Annamaria; Corrocher, Roberto, Lesioni litiche costali e neoformazioni epatiche multiple in un caso di pseudotumore infiammatorio «Annali di Medicina Interna» , vol. 15 , 2000 , pp. 226-231

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