Multifocal nodular lesions in fatty liver mimicking neoplastic disease: a case report
Usually, fatty hepatic infiltration is diffuse and homogeneous. However, in some cases, it can be localized simulating benign or malignant tumors. We present a case of a 61-year-old female patient with family history of malignancy: sister with lung cancer, an other sister with colon cancer and a mot...
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| author | Manel Moalla Amal Khsiba Moufida Mahmoudi Khaled Bouzaidi Emna Chelbi Asma Ben Mohamed Manel Yakoubi Mouna Medhioub Lamine Hamzaoui Mohamed Moussadek Azzouz |
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| description | Usually, fatty hepatic infiltration is diffuse and homogeneous. However, in some cases, it can be localized simulating benign or malignant tumors. We present a case of a 61-year-old female patient with family history of malignancy: sister with lung cancer, an other sister with colon cancer and a mother with breast cancer; who presented with multiple hepatic nodules at the ultrasonography images. CT scan and MRI were not sufficient to pose a certain diagnosis which was later confirmed by liver biopsy. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-22e84dc79aeb42fe9d7f9628123be8b52025-08-20T02:26:02ZengTaylor & Francis GroupFuture Science OA2056-56232023-04-019410.2144/fsoa-2022-0084Multifocal nodular lesions in fatty liver mimicking neoplastic disease: a case reportManel Moalla0Amal Khsiba1Moufida Mahmoudi2Khaled Bouzaidi3Emna Chelbi4Asma Ben Mohamed5Manel Yakoubi6Mouna Medhioub7Lamine Hamzaoui8Mohamed Moussadek Azzouz91Department of Gastroenterology, Mohamed Taher Maamouri Hospital, Nabeul, Tunisia1Department of Gastroenterology, Mohamed Taher Maamouri Hospital, Nabeul, Tunisia1Department of Gastroenterology, Mohamed Taher Maamouri Hospital, Nabeul, Tunisia2Department of Radiology, Mohamed Taher Maamouri Hospital, Nabeul, Tunisia3Department of Pathology, Mohamed Taher Maamouri Hospital, Nabeul, Tunisia1Department of Gastroenterology, Mohamed Taher Maamouri Hospital, Nabeul, Tunisia1Department of Gastroenterology, Mohamed Taher Maamouri Hospital, Nabeul, Tunisia1Department of Gastroenterology, Mohamed Taher Maamouri Hospital, Nabeul, Tunisia1Department of Gastroenterology, Mohamed Taher Maamouri Hospital, Nabeul, Tunisia1Department of Gastroenterology, Mohamed Taher Maamouri Hospital, Nabeul, TunisiaUsually, fatty hepatic infiltration is diffuse and homogeneous. However, in some cases, it can be localized simulating benign or malignant tumors. We present a case of a 61-year-old female patient with family history of malignancy: sister with lung cancer, an other sister with colon cancer and a mother with breast cancer; who presented with multiple hepatic nodules at the ultrasonography images. CT scan and MRI were not sufficient to pose a certain diagnosis which was later confirmed by liver biopsy.https://www.future-science.com/doi/10.2144/fsoa-2022-0084fatty liverliver biopsymetastasisNASHsteatosis |
| spellingShingle | Manel Moalla Amal Khsiba Moufida Mahmoudi Khaled Bouzaidi Emna Chelbi Asma Ben Mohamed Manel Yakoubi Mouna Medhioub Lamine Hamzaoui Mohamed Moussadek Azzouz Multifocal nodular lesions in fatty liver mimicking neoplastic disease: a case report Future Science OA fatty liver liver biopsy metastasis NASH steatosis |
| title | Multifocal nodular lesions in fatty liver mimicking neoplastic disease: a case report |
| title_full | Multifocal nodular lesions in fatty liver mimicking neoplastic disease: a case report |
| title_fullStr | Multifocal nodular lesions in fatty liver mimicking neoplastic disease: a case report |
| title_full_unstemmed | Multifocal nodular lesions in fatty liver mimicking neoplastic disease: a case report |
| title_short | Multifocal nodular lesions in fatty liver mimicking neoplastic disease: a case report |
| title_sort | multifocal nodular lesions in fatty liver mimicking neoplastic disease a case report |
| topic | fatty liver liver biopsy metastasis NASH steatosis |
| url | https://www.future-science.com/doi/10.2144/fsoa-2022-0084 |
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