Hepatic nodules as single organ involvement in an adult with Langerhans cell granulomatosis. A case report

J Clin Gastroenterol. 1998 Jan;26(1):69-73. doi: 10.1097/00004836-199801000-00019.

Abstract

Liver involvement manifesting as hepatomegaly in Langerhans cell granulomatosis (LCG) is well known, but the definitive diagnosis is generally possible because other organs are involved. We report a 41-year-old white man who presented with cholestasis and liver nodules as an isolated hepatic LCG. The diagnosis of LCG was suspected based on routine histopathologic examination; the diagnosis became definitive 4 years later when Birbeck granules were found in the liver, an uncommon occurrence in this organ. This is an unusual presentation of a benign form of this disease and one of the first that reported Birbeck granules in the liver.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Hepatomegaly / etiology
  • Hepatomegaly / pathology
  • Histiocytosis, Langerhans-Cell / complications*
  • Humans
  • Liver Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Liver Diseases / etiology*
  • Liver Diseases / pathology*
  • Male
  • Radiography
  • Ultrasonography