Prevalence of Benign Focus Liver Lesions in a Reference Center in Northeast Brazil

Irami Araújo Filho

doi:10.26717/bjstr.2020.25.004149

Abstract

Technological advances in imaging have provided an early diagnosis of benign and malignant liver tumors. Thus, it was possible to detect liver lesions more easily, cystic, or solid. Although most cystic lesions require medical follow-up, solid lesions need to be better evaluated...

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Technological advances in imaging studies have led to an increase in early diagnosis of benign and focal liver tumors such as simple cyst, hemangioma, Focal Nodular Hyperplasia (UFH), adenoma
The present study made it possible to identify the prevalence of benign liver lesions in the hepatology department, and its relevance was the acquisition of epidemiological knowledge on the subject, as an additional tool to establish a diagnosis
It is expected that the health team has the opportunity to guide and reassure their patients about the benignity of the case, reducing waiting time or subjecting them to unnecessary diagnostic or surgical procedures

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Introduction

Technological advances in imaging studies have led to an increase in early diagnosis of benign and focal liver tumors such as simple cyst, hemangioma, Focal Nodular Hyperplasia (UFH), adenoma. Technological advances in imaging have provided an early diagnosis of benign and malignant liver tumors. It was possible to detect liver lesions more cystic, or solid. The most common in descending order are Hemangioma, Focal Nodular Hyperplasia (FNH), and Hepatic Adenoma. The most worrying is an adenoma, as it has considerable complication rates [3] These lesions are asymptomatic in most cases, and are found by Ultrasound (US), Computed Tomography (CT) or Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) during the investigation of other pathologies [3]. The primary cystic lesions of the liver are simple cysts, hydatids, polycystic disease, cystadenoma, and cystadenocarcinoma. On MRI the T1 sequence shows a hypointense lesion and the T2 course a hyperintense lesion, and there is no modification after contrast injection [7,8,9]

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