Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the fifth most common cancer and the third leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide. The radiologic findings of liver abscess, HCC, and metastatic tumor to the liver may be quite similar, and a specific diagnosis cannot be made using procedures such as serum tumor marker assay, computerized tomography, and ultrasonography of the liver. We report on a case of HCC successfully diagnosed and treated by surgery which was misconceived as a liver abscess.

Cases of schwannoma of the gastrointestinal tract are rare; most of these tumors are found in the stomach and the small intestine. Cases of cecal schwannoma are extremely rare. Here, we report on a case of cecal schwannoma confirmed pathologically after laparoscopic resection.