Multiple Liver Lesions in an Immunosuppressed Patient: Is Infection Always the Answer?
| Autor: | Samar H. Ibrahim, Rayna Grothe, Nihal M. Hamouda |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Pathology Pylephlebitis business.industry Published online: August 2013 Gastroenterology Immunosuppressive regimen Disease medicine.disease Focal fatty liver disease Inflammatory bowel disease Liver abscess Focal fatty liver Internal medicine medicine lcsh:Diseases of the digestive system. Gastroenterology lcsh:RC799-869 Complication business Infiltration (medical) |
| Zdroj: | Case Reports in Gastroenterology Case Reports in Gastroenterology, Vol 7, Iss 2, Pp 327-331 (2013) |
| ISSN: | 1662-0631 |
| Popis: | Pylephlebitis with associated liver abscesses is a rare complication of Crohn's disease that usually presents in the setting of active disease and recent escalation of the immunosuppressive regimen. Here we describe a 17-year-old female patient with active Crohn's disease who presented with a clinical picture and hepatic radiographic findings concerning for pylephlebitis and associated liver abscesses but subsequently confirmed to be an atypical form of focal fatty liver infiltration. We describe the diagnostic difficulty this unique distribution of hepatic fatty infiltration can present and highlight the importance of the different imaging studies to differentiate between atypical focal fatty infiltration and pylephlebitis. |
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