Cholangiocarcinoma with a paraneoplastic leukemoid reaction mimicking a pyogenic liver abscess

Korean J Intern Med. 2015 Jan;30(1):110-3. doi: 10.3904/kjim.2015.30.1.110. Epub 2014 Dec 30.

Authors

Hyoju Ham¹, Hee Yeon Kim¹, Kyung Jin Seo², Su Lim Lee³, Chang Wook Kim¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.
² Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.
³ Department of Radiology, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.

No abstract available

Keywords: Cholangiocarcinoma; Leukemoid reaction; Liver abscess.

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Bile Duct Neoplasms / complications
Bile Duct Neoplasms / diagnosis*
Bile Ducts, Intrahepatic* / chemistry
Bile Ducts, Intrahepatic* / diagnostic imaging
Bile Ducts, Intrahepatic* / pathology
Biomarkers, Tumor / analysis
Biopsy
Cholangiocarcinoma / complications
Cholangiocarcinoma / diagnosis*
Diagnosis, Differential
Fever / diagnosis
Fever / etiology*
Humans
Immunohistochemistry
Leukocytosis / diagnosis*
Leukocytosis / etiology
Liver Abscess, Pyogenic / diagnosis*
Liver* / chemistry
Liver* / diagnostic imaging
Liver* / pathology
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Middle Aged
Paraneoplastic Syndromes / diagnosis*
Paraneoplastic Syndromes / etiology
Predictive Value of Tests
Tomography, Spiral Computed

Substances

Biomarkers, Tumor