[The pseudotumorous course of viral hepatitis B]

A rare case is described of viral B hepatitis in a woman of 60 years with prevailing clinical, ultrasonic and scintigraphic signs of mechanical jaundice due to a tumour in the hepatopancreatoduodenal zone. The diagnosis of viral hepatitis B was confirmed by 5-fold detection of HBsAg in the blood, positive clinical dynamics revealed after corticosteroid treatment with subsequent complete recovery of the patient.