Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
Case Reports
. 2020 Aug 3;8(12):2510-2513.
doi: 10.1002/ccr3.3201. eCollection 2020 Dec.

Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma mimicking a liver abscess

Haythem Yacoub  1   2 , Hajer Hassine  1   2 , Seif Boukriba  2   3 , Slim Haouet  2   4 , Asma Ayari  2   4 , Hela Kchir  1   2 , Nadia Maamouri  1   2
Affiliations
Case Reports

Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma mimicking a liver abscess

Haythem Yacoub et al. Clin Case Rep. .

Abstract

Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma masquerading as liver abscess, and presenting with fever, is a very rare situation and should be considered in nonresolving liver abscess. Only few cases were reported in the literature. This entity is characterized by late diagnosis and poor prognosis.

Keywords: intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma; liver abscess; liver cancer.

PubMed Disclaimer

Conflict of interest statement

None.

Figures

FIGURE 1
FIGURE 1
Arterial phase: Rim‐enhancing and centrally hypodense lesion (asterisk)
FIGURE 2
FIGURE 2
Portal phase: hypovascular nodular lesions involving the left liver measuring 86 × 53 mm with irregular shaggy margins (asterisk)
FIGURE 3
FIGURE 3
Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma. A, Infiltrating well‐formed glands in an abundant fibrous stroma. Malignant glands are lined by cells with varying degrees of atypia and pleomorphism. B, Positive staining for CK7. C, Negative staining for CK20 (D) negative staining for HepPar1
See this image and copyright information in PMC

References

    1. Jan YY, Yeh TS, Chen MF. Cholangiocarcinoma presenting as pyogenic liver abscess: Is its outcome influenced by concomitant hepatolithiasis? The Am J Gastroenterol. 1998;93(2):253‐255. - PubMed
    1. Adam SZ, Parthasarathy S, Miller FH. Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinomas mimicking other lesions. Abdom Imaging. 2015;40:2345‐2354. - PubMed
    1. Walter D, Döring C, Feldhahn M, et al. Intratumoral heterogeneity of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma. Oncotarget. 2017;8:14957‐14968. - PMC - PubMed
    1. Chung YE, Kim MJ, Park YN, et al. Varying appearances of cholangiocarcinoma: radiologic‐pathologic correlation. Radiographics. 2009;29(3):683‐700. - PubMed
    1. Khan SA, Toledano MB, Taylor‐Robinson SD. Epidemiology, risk factors, and pathogenesis of cholangiocarcinoma. HPB. 2008;10(2):77‐82. - PMC - PubMed

Publication types

LinkOut - more resources