Focal inflammatory liver lesions

Czech version

Authors: Frýba V.; Ulrych J.; Kristianová H.; Krška Z.
Authors‘ workplace: I. chirurgická klinika 1. LF UK a VFN v Praze
Published in: Gastroent Hepatol 2019; 73(6): 501-508
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doi: https://doi.org/10.14735/amgh2019501

Overview

Focal inflammatory liver lesions are a heterogeneous group of diseases that involve both infectious and non-infectious inflammatory processes. The most frequent type of infectious inflammatory hepatic lesions are abscesses of different origins (pyogenic, amoebic, fungal), followed by parasitic liver cysts and, rarely, by tuberculosis of the liver. Non-infectious inflammatory processes include sarcoidosis of the liver and hepatic inflammatory pseudotumors. This article reviews the etiopathogenesis, clinical manifestations, diagnosis, and therapy of particular focal hepatic inflammatory processes.

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Keywords:

echinococcosis – focal liver lesion – liver abscess – amoebic abscess

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