FOREIGN-BODY GRANULOMA MIMICKING AN EXTRAHEPATICALLY GROWING LIVER-TUMOR - REPORT OF A CASE

We herein describe a 74-year-old woman with a foreign-body granuloma m imicking a liver tumor. Imaging studies revealed a pedunculated left l obe mass in the setting of chronic liver disease. She had a past histo ry of a cholecystectomy as well as a previous gynecological operation. A left lateral segmentectomy was performed because of the possibility of a rupture. The dissected specimen showed a foreign-body granuloma caused by gauze. We believe this case to be a very unique granuloma, w hich should be kept in mind whenever making a diagnosis of a liver tum or particularly in a patient with chronic liver disease, who has a pas t history of abdominal surgery.