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KEYNOTE LECTURE: Distinguishing benign from malignant liver tumours

Abstract

Liver masses are very common and most are benign. It is therefore important to avoid unnecessary interventions for benign lesions, while at the same time ensuring accurate diagnosis of hepatic malignancies. Many cancer patients, like the general population, have incidental benign liver lesions. In planning treatment for cancer patients, it is critical to avoid inappropriate treatment decisions based on misdiagnosis of a benign lesion as a metastasis or primary liver malignancy. This article describes the salient imaging features of the common benign liver masses and outlines a general approach to distinguishing between benign and malignant hepatic lesions.

Author

Jay P. Heiken

Contact Details

Corresponding address:
Jay P. Heiken, MD, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, 510 South Kingshighway Blvd.,
St. Louis, MO 63110, USA

Reference

ICIS Cancer Imaging Volume 7 Special Issue A
DOI: 10.1102/1470-7330.2007.9084

Date Posted

1 October 2007

Open Access is provided for this article.

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