Items tagged “liver”

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Hepatic solitary fibrous tumor

Hepatic solitary fibrous tumors are rare mesenchymal tumors. Terminology Historically, hepatic solitary fibrous tumors were known as hepatic hemangiopericytomas, however this term has now been abandoned.  Epidemiology Fewer than 60 cases of hepatic solitary fibrous tumor have been reported i...
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Hepatic solitary fibrous tumor

  Diagnosis certain
Matt A. Morgan
Published 13 Feb 2015
100% complete
MRI
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Hepatocellular carcinoma (surveillance)

Hepatocellular carcinoma surveillance programs have been adopted by some health systems in attempts to effect an early diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma in high-risk populations.  Rationale The idea behind hepatocellular carcinoma screening, as with any screening program, is to detect clin...
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Hepatocellular carcinoma (staging)

Hepatocellular carcinoma staging classifications supersede the typical TNM staging system seen in most other epithelial cancers, as the TNM staging system has been found to not be as prognostically useful for stratification of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma. Several substitute staging sy...
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Liver cancer (BCLC staging)

Barcelona clinic liver cancer (BCLC) staging uses a set of criteria to guide the management of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The classification takes the following variables into account 1,2: performance status (PS)  Child-Pugh score radiologic tumor extent tumor size multi...
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Barcelona clinic liver cancer (BCLC) staging classification

  Diagnosis not applicable
Matt A. Morgan
Published 17 Feb 2015
32% complete
Diagram
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Okuda staging system

The Okuda staging system was an advance on earlier hepatocellular (HCC) staging classifications, in that it incorporated both cancer-related variables and liver function related variables to determine prognosis 1: disease involving >50% of hepatic parenchyma ascites albumin ≤3 mg/dL bilirubi...
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Cholangiocarcinoma (staging)

Cholangiocarcinoma staging is most commonly classified using the TNM staging systems of the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC)/Union for International Cancer Control (UICC), which starting 1 January 2018 is according to its 8th edition. There are separate systems depending on whether the ...
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Hepatocellular carcinoma (exophytic)

  Diagnosis certain
Matt A. Morgan
Published 22 Feb 2015
100% complete
CT
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Autoimmune hepatitis

Autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) (plural: autoimmune hepatitides) is a rare type of chronic hepatitis, currently classified as "type 1" or "type 2". It may eventually lead to cirrhosis. The role of imaging is primarily to exclude other diagnoses and evaluate for complications. Epidemiology It may oc...
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Hepatitis B virus

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is a circular DNA virus endemic in many parts of the world. It is a risk factor for the development of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Clinical presentation Acute HBV infection is most often subclinical and asymptomatic. Symptomatic patients (~33%) may experience fever,...
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Hepatitis C virus

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is an RNA virus and a member of the Flaviviridae family. It is a risk factor for the development of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Pathology Route of transmission The most common route of transmission is through blood products and contaminated needles. Unprotected sex...
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Supradiaphragmatic liver

Supradiaphragmatic liver has been reported as a very rare variant in liver morphology.  In this variant, liver tissue extends into the right hemithorax through an opening in the right hemidiaphragm. The tissue is connected to the right hepatic lobe by a pedicle. In one report, the caudate lobe ...
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Hepatolithiasis

  Diagnosis probable
Kewal Arunkumar Mistry
Published 08 Mar 2015
50% complete
Ultrasound
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Hepatoblastoma with pulmonary metastases

  Diagnosis almost certain
Kewal Arunkumar Mistry
Published 15 Mar 2015
59% complete
CT
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Portal vein embolization

Portal vein embolization (PVE) is a technique used to selectively occlude the blood supply to one of the liver lobes, diverting portal blood flow to the other lobe, the future liver remnant (FLR). This diversion will increase the size of the post-hepatectomy future liver remnant, which improves...
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Portal vein embolization

  Diagnosis certain
Matt A. Morgan
Published 06 Apr 2015
100% complete
DSA (angiography)
Case

Focal nodular hyperplasia

  Diagnosis almost certain
Mahmoud Yacout Alabd
Published 19 Nov 2015
80% complete
MRI
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Hepatic adenoma (complicated by hemorrhage)

  Diagnosis certain
Matt A. Morgan
Published 08 Jan 2016
92% complete
MRI
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Portal and superior mesenteric vein aneurysms

  Diagnosis certain
Stefan Götschi
Published 12 Feb 2016
89% complete
CT

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