[Hepatic inflammatory pseudotumor regressing with antibiotic therapy]. / Pseudo-tumeur inflammatoire hépatique régressant sous antibiothérapie.
Presse Med
; 31(18): 838-40, 2002 May 25.
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| ID: mdl-12148453
ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION:
Inflammatory hepatic pseudo-tumors are rare, non-neoplastic lesions, and their diagnosis is usually made on hepatectomy samples. OBSERVATION 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.COMMENTS:
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.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
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Assunto principal:
Ticarcilina
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Ciprofloxacina
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Ácidos Clavulânicos
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Quimioterapia Combinada
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Granuloma de Células Plasmáticas
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Hepatopatias
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
Limite:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
Idioma:
Fr
Revista:
Presse Med
Ano de publicação:
2002
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Article