[A case of a solitary Mycobacterium avium complex lesion of the liver]

Nihon Shokakibyo Gakkai Zasshi. 2016 Jul;113(7):1230-5. doi: 10.11405/nisshoshi.113.1230.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

A 70-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital on suspicion of liver tumor on regular abdominal ultrasonography. The abdominal ultrasonography identified a solitary, low-echoic lesion measuring 17mm in diameter in S7. This lesion was not enhanced in any phase of contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CT), and thus we performed a liver biopsy. Histopathological examination revealed a caseating granuloma. The chest CT showed pulmonary nodules, and Mycobacterium intracellulare was cultured from the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid. We diagnosed the individual with a Mycobacterium avium complex infection, and suspected that this was the cause of the solitary liver lesion.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Liver Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
  • Mycobacterium avium Complex*
  • Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare Infection / diagnostic imaging*
  • Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography
  • Ultrasonography