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ArticleSurgical case reports2023

Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma with a liver abscess due to hepatic actinomycosis.

Tomoya Masuda, Kenta Kobashi, Ryoma Sugimoto, Hiroshi Ishii, Kensuke Tsunemitsu

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Article in Surgical case reports, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Tomoya MasudaDepartment of Surgery, Saiseikai Saijo Hospital, 269-1 Tsuitachi, Saijo-Shi, Ehime, 793-0027, Japan. ahodori15@hotmail.com.
Kenta KobashiDepartment of Surgery, Saiseikai Saijo Hospital, 269-1 Tsuitachi, Saijo-Shi, Ehime, 793-0027, Japan.
Ryoma SugimotoDepartment of Surgery, Saiseikai Saijo Hospital, 269-1 Tsuitachi, Saijo-Shi, Ehime, 793-0027, Japan.
Hiroshi IshiiDepartment of Surgery, Saiseikai Saijo Hospital, 269-1 Tsuitachi, Saijo-Shi, Ehime, 793-0027, Japan.
Kensuke TsunemitsuDepartment of Surgery, Saiseikai Saijo Hospital, 269-1 Tsuitachi, Saijo-Shi, Ehime, 793-0027, Japan.
Fukui-ken Saiseikai Hospital · JP

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Abstract

backgroundLiver tumors with liver abscesses are unusual and rarely reported. In particular, studies of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma with liver abscesses due to hepatic actinomycosis have not been reported. CASE PRESENTATION: A 73-year-old woman presented with swelling of the right hypochondrium. Computed tomography revealed a mass lesion that was continuous with the abdominal wall in the right lobe of the liver, suggesting a liver tumor invading the abdominal wall. A liver biopsy revealed intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma with a liver abscess. The histopathological specimen contained bacterial masses of actinomycosis, and the cause of the liver abscess was determined to be hepatic actinomycosis. As a result of percutaneous drainage and antibiotic therapy, the part of the tumor attached to the abdominal wall disappeared; therefore, we assumed that most of the lesion was not cholangiocarcinoma but a liver abscess due to hepatic actinomycosis. Radical surgery for residual intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma was performed after chemotherapy. Currently, the patient is alive without recurrence 2 years and 9 months after the operation.

conclusionWe encountered a difficult-to-diagnose case of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma with a liver abscess due to hepatic actinomycosis. A needle biopsy allowed early diagnosis and percutaneous drainage was an effective treatment.

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Hepatic actinomycosisIntrahepatic cholangiocarcinomaLiver abscess

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PMID36949213
PMCPMC10033780
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