Inflammatory pseudotumor of the liver successfully treated with nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs: A challenge diagnosis for one not so rare entity

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1016-1020

  Vassiliadis, Themistoklis ^a   Vougiouklis, Nikolaos ^b   Patsiaoura, Kalliopi ^b   Mpoumponaris, Alexander ^a,c   Nikolaidis, Nikolaos ^a   Giouleme, Olga ^a   Evgenidis, Nikolaos ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b Ippokration Hospital   (Greece)

^c NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Benign lesions of the liver; Inflammatory pseudotumor of the liver

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; NAPROXEN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL INFILTRATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATORY CELL; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; PATIENT REFERRAL; PLASMA CELL GRANULOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGOR; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRANULOMA, PLASMA CELL; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NAPROXEN; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 37349120039     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEG.0b013e32821acdd2     Document Type: Article

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