Main description:

This text provides a comprehensive and state-of-the-art overview of the evaluation and management of liver mass lesions. Major topics covered include epidemiology, the use of different imaging modalities in the differential diagnosis of liver lesions, the use of biomarkers and immunohistochemical stains for diagnosis, and treatment of the different types of liver masses. These include hepatocellular adenoma and hepatocellular carcinoma, fibrolamellar carcinoma, cholangiocarcinoma, hemangioma, focal nodular hyperplasia, liver masses in adult patients with congenital heart disease, and other infectious, inflammatory, and cystic lesions of the liver. The volume presents highly practical case presentations of typical patients seen in a clinical hepatobiliary practice.

Written by experts from multiple disciplines, Evaluation and Management of Liver Masses is a valuable resource for clinicians and professionals who manage patients with these conditions.

Contents:

1 Hepatocellular Carcinoma2 Cholangiocarcinoma3 Biphenotypic Tumors4 Hepatacellular Adenoma5 Infectious and Inflammatory Lesions of the Liver6 Focal Nodular Hyperplasia7 Hemangiomas and Other Vascular Tumors8 Rare Liver Tumors9 Liver Lesions in Congestive Hepatopathy10 Fibrolamellar Carcinoma11 Gallbladder Carcinoma12 Cystic Lesions of the Liver