Granulomatous inflammation in differential diagnosis of hepatobiliary malignancy

Abstract

The autors present two case reports to demonstrate wide differential diagnosis of granulomatous disorders of the hepatobiliary tract. Isolated granulomatous disorders are very rare in this area.

Differential diagnosis includes infectious and systemic diseases or chemical irritation. Granulomas often immitate malignant tumors and the surgeon could be first to diagnose this disease during liver resection or cholecystectomy.

Keywords

• Granulomatousinflammation
• hepatic granuloma
• non-specific inflammantion
• liver resection
• cholecystectomy