Isolated hepatic tuberculosis in the caudate lobe mimicking intrahepatic carcinoma

Huanye Liu; Jiqiao Zhu; Hongmeng Dong; Ying Wang; Jun Ma; Jiantao Kou; Xianliang Li; Qiang He

doi:10.1016/j.clinre.2017.01.001

Isolated hepatic tuberculosis in the caudate lobe mimicking intrahepatic carcinoma

Clin Res Hepatol Gastroenterol. 2017 Oct;41(5):e65-e67. doi: 10.1016/j.clinre.2017.01.001. Epub 2017 Sep 19.

Authors

Huanye Liu¹, Jiqiao Zhu¹, Hongmeng Dong¹, Ying Wang², Jun Ma¹, Jiantao Kou¹, Xianliang Li¹, Qiang He³

Affiliations

¹ Department of hepatobiliary and pancreaticosplenic surgery, Beijing Chaoyang hospital, Capital medical university, No. 8, Gongtinan road, Chaoyang District, 100020 Beijing, China.
² Department of pathology, Beijing Chaoyang hospital, Capital medical university, No. 8, Gongtinan road, Chaoyang District, 100020 Beijing, China.
³ Department of hepatobiliary and pancreaticosplenic surgery, Beijing Chaoyang hospital, Capital medical university, No. 8, Gongtinan road, Chaoyang District, 100020 Beijing, China. Electronic address: heqiang349@sina.com.

PMID: 28935504
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinre.2017.01.001

Abstract

Although tuberculosis (TB) remains a worldwide epidemic, isolated hepatic TB is an extremely rare entity and poorly described in the literature. Isolated hepatic TB may pose a diagnostic dilemma due to the non-specific clinical symptoms and imaging features. We present a case of a 54-year-old female with an isolated caseating granulomatous lesion at the caudate lobe of liver involving the pancreatic head.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Humans
Liver Neoplasms / diagnosis*
Middle Aged
Tuberculosis, Hepatic / diagnosis*