Successful treatment with laparoscopic extended posterior sectionectomy for inflammatory pseudotumor in the liver with para‐aortic lymphadenitis

Abstract

Inflammatory pseudotumor (IPT) is a rare disease that requires a differential diagnosis from malignancies. We describe a case of hepatic IPT with para-aortic lymphadenopathy, treated with a stepwise strategy of laparoscopic surgery. A 61-year-old woman was referred with a liver lesion. Computed tomography revealed a 13 cm well-defined lesion in segments VII-VI. The patient also had bead-like enlarged lymph nodes from the perihilar to the para-aortic regions.Although percutaneous lymph node biopsy showed no evidence of malignancy, 18