Difficulties in diagnosing hepatic inflammatory pseudotumor: Clinical case

Background. Hepatic inflammatory pseudotumor (IPT) is a rare benign lesion that morphologically mimics a malignant neoplasm, posing significant diagnostic challenges.

Aim. To demonstrate criteria of differential diagnosis and management tactics of patients with IPT using a clinical case.

Clinical case. At the outpatient stage, IPT was diagnosed as cholangiocarcinoma. The final diagnosis of IPT was established after minimally invasive surgical intervention based on the results of histological examination.

Conclusion. Hepatic IPT is a rare disease which must be included in differential diagnosis during detection of lesions in the liver. Final diagnosis can be established only based on the results of comprehensive pathomorphological and immunohistochemical examinations.

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