2023年4月28日 · Your liver is a football-sized organ that sits in the upper right portion of your abdomen, beneath your diaphragm and above your stomach. Several types of cancer can form in the liver. The most common type of liver cancer is hepatocellular carcinoma, which begins in the main type of liver cell (hepatocyte).

Tumors are abnormal masses of tissue that form when cells begin to reproduce at an increased rate. Both noncancerous (benign) and cancerous (malignant) tumors can develop in the liver. What are noncancerous liver tumors? Noncancerous (benign) tumors are quite common and usually do not produce symptoms.

2021年5月18日 · Liver lesions are abnormal growths that include hemangiomas and cysts, as well as focal nodular hyperplasia. Some lesions are due to liver cancer.

Liver cancer is one of the most rapidly increasing types of cancer in the United States. Often aggressive, this disease occurs when tumor cells develop from cells in the liver and divide uncontrollably. Liver cancer may prevent the liver and other organs from working properly.

2022年7月29日 · Liver tumors are growths on the liver. These tumors may be benign, meaning they are harmless, or they can be cancerous. People who have liver tumors often have no symptoms. A doctor...

2024年2月9日 · Liver lesions are common. A nodule found on ultrasound could be benign without the need for follow-up or malignant requiring urgent attention. This review examines the differential diagnosis, epidemiology, and management of common liver lesions.

Most primary liver cancer is cancer in your liver and cancer in bile ducts in your liver. Both cancer types have common causes, risk factors, symptoms and treatments. Healthcare providers focus on identifying who might be at increased risk so they can catch and treat primary liver cancer as early as possible. What is liver cancer?

2022年4月20日 · Most liver hemangiomas are small-sized and asymptomatic. People discover it accidentally when they undergo abdominal imaging, such as abdominal ultrasound. Larger or multiple hemangiomas may cause dull-aching liver pain in the right upper quadrant. In rare cases, thrombosis inside the hemangioma may cause severe acute abdominal pain.

Dynamic imaging techniques have a pivotal role in the diagnostic work-up of liver tumours, allowing a confident diagnosis in most cases. If imaging is not conclusive, a biopsy should be requested to obtain a definitive diagnosis. Keywords: Hepatocellular Carcinoma, Computer Tomography, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Ultrasonography.

There are different types of primary liver cancer. This is the most common form of liver cancer in adults. Hepatocellular cancers can grow in different ways: Some begin as a single tumor that grows larger. Later, it can spread to other parts of the liver. Some start out as many small cancer nodules throughout the liver, not just a single tumor.