PMC5137643_01
Contrast enhanced computed tomography transverse (left) and coronal (right) section showing 16cm x 16cm cystic lesion in right lobe of liver
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C-reactive protein of 210mg/l); other blood tests were normal. Contrast enhanced computed tomography showed a 16cm x 16cm cystic lesion in the right lobe of the liver, exerting significant mass effect with almost complete compression of the inferior vena cava and portal vein bifurcation (Fig 1).
Photomicrography (100x magnification) of biopsy of background liver taken intraoperatively demonstrating severe, confluent, bridging necrosis in a predominantly centrilobular distribution, with no evidence of parenchymal liver disease
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Liver biopsies showed severe, confluent, bridging necrosis in a predominantly centrilobular distribution, with no evidence of parenchymal liver disease (Fig 2).