Hepatic Actinomycosis in a Patient With Retained Common Bile Duct Stent.

Abstract

ABSTRACTPrimary hepatic actinomycosis is rare, with less than 100 cases reported in English literature. Most of these cases are cryptogenic. We describe a 35-year-old woman who presented with a retained common bile duct stent for 6 years and found to have a hepatic mass with altered perfusion and enhancement, and minimal degree of washout on enhanced cross-sectional imaging. Fine-needle aspiration revealed presence of filamentous bacteria morphologically consistent with Actinomyces species. This report is a demonstration of a rare instance in which a retained biliary stent led to primary hepatic actinomycosis.