Small liver lesions in oncologic patients: characterization with CT, MRI and contrast-enhanced US.

摘要: Focal liver lesions (FLLs) are frequently discovered during ultrasound examinations either in healthy subjects without a clinical history of cancer or staging follow-up procedures oncologic patients routine surveillance hepatopathic patients. In patients, the is most common target metastatic disease and accurate detection characterisation FLLs prognostically fundamental initial as well before after pre-operative chemotherapy, it can help to identify who likely benefit from surgery. Moreover, early primary secondary malignancies increases possibility curative surgical resection successful percutaneous ablation. As many these benign, precise preferably non-invasive method differentiation malignant nodules needed. continuous requires an easily available, reliable cost-effective diagnostic tool for characterization FLLs.