RT Book, Section
A1 Qamar, Amir A.
A1 Ukomadu, Chinweike
A2 Greenberger, Norton J.
A2 Blumberg, Richard S.
A2 Burakoff, Robert
SR Print(0)
ID 55961655
T1 Chapter 49. Liver Neoplasms
T2 CURRENT Diagnosis & Treatment: Gastroenterology, Hepatology, & Endoscopy, 2e
YR 2012
FD 2012
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-176848-1
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=55961655
RD 2024/04/16
AB The  increased  used  of  imaging  modalities—ultrasound,  computed  tomography  (CT),  and  magnetic  resonance  imaging  (MRI)—over  the  past  few  decades  has  led  to  an  increase  in  the  detection  of  hepatic  masses.  In  the  noncirrhotic  patient  or  in  patients  with  no  history  of  extrahepatic  malignancies,  most  of  these  lesions  are  benign.  Diagnosis  is  often  made  on  the  basis  of  radiographic  appearance,  and  only  in  rare  equivocal  cases  is  histologic  analysis  required.  In  patients  with  cirrhosis  or  those  with  chronic  hepatitis  B  infections,  the  detection  of  a  hepatic  mass  often  raises  suspicion  of  a  hepatocellular  cancer,  and  frequently  additional  diagnostic  (including  histologic)  and  therapeutic  interventions  are  necessary.