A rare case of idiopathic granulomatous hepatitis presenting as tumoral lesion detected by 18F-FDG-PET/CT.

A 50 years-old female was presented to our attention complained for a 3 weeks recurrent chilling fever accompanied, productive cough and dyspnea. An initial laboratory evaluation showed a C-reactive protein (CRP) level of 183 mg/L [reference value (rv) < 5 mg/L], hemoglobin (Hb) level 97 g/L, glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase (GOT) and glutamic-pyruvic transaminase (GPT) respectively of 39 and 43 U/L (rv GOT < 36 U/L and GPT < 37 U/L). A serological test to investigate hepatitis was negative. Patient performed an abdominal ultrasonography The Official Journal of the Mexican Association of Hepatology, the Latin-American Association for Study of the Liver and the Canadian Association for the Study of the Liver