Hepatic Splenosis Masquerading as Hepatocellular Carcinoma in a Chronic Hepatitis C Patient

Am J Gastroenterol. 2017 Oct;112(10):1493. doi: 10.1038/ajg.2017.248.

Authors

Carson Keck¹, Akshay Shetty², Blaine Mischen³, Ira Willner²

Affiliations

¹ Division of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA.
² Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA.
³ Division of Radiology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA.

PMID: 28978972
DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2017.248

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Biopsy
Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / diagnosis*
Diagnosis, Differential
Hepatitis C, Chronic / complications*
Hepatitis C, Chronic / diagnosis
Humans
Liver / pathology*
Liver Neoplasms / diagnosis*
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Splenosis / diagnosis*
Splenosis / etiology