RESUMEN
We observed liver failure with a presumed etiology of echinococcosis in an 89-year-old woman. Our patient had been born and then resided on Rebun Island until she was 12 years old. At 46 years old, she had been referred to our hospital due to right abdominal pain. Ultrasound had revealed multilocular cysts in the right lobe of the liver. At 84 years old, the hepatic cyst occupied nearly the entire liver with ring-shaped calcification along the cyst wall. The patient was diagnosed with decompensated cirrhosis and hepatic hydatid disease based on typical imaging and the long-term natural clinical course.
Asunto(s)
Equinococosis Hepática , Equinococosis , Hipertensión Portal , Fallo Hepático , Anciano de 80 o más Años , Niño , Equinococosis Hepática/diagnóstico , Equinococosis Hepática/diagnóstico por imagen , Femenino , Estudios de Seguimiento , Humanos , Hipertensión Portal/complicaciones , Hipertensión Portal/diagnóstico , Fallo Hepático/diagnóstico , Fallo Hepático/etiología , Persona de Mediana EdadRESUMEN
A 70-year-old female was found to have multiple hepatic cysts at her annual checkup. In the posterior segment of the right lobe of the liver, an 81 × 67 mm circular cystic lesion was detected by contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CT). Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the cyst revealed a solid component. The cyst had a capsule-like structure and non-uniform fluid accumulation suggested bleeding. Since the lesion was enlarged and malignancy could not be ruled out, it was surgically resected. Histopathologically, reticular fibers of the liver were seen in necrotic tissue and the lesion was diagnosed as a bleeding hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The non-cancerous liver tissue showed non-cirrhotic steatohepatitis. This was an unusual presentation of HCC.