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KEY FACTS Terminology Rare, malignant or premalignant, unilocular or multilocular cystic tumor Almost always solitary, in middle-aged women You’re Reading a Preview Become a Clinical Tree membership for Full access and enjoy Unlimited articles Become membership If you are a…
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KEY FACTS Imaging Patients with chronic liver disease must be in surveillance program Small, curable hepatocellular carcinomas (HCCs) can be diagnosed by CT & MR Criteria for HCC are often specific enough to guide therapy without tissue confirmation Multiphasic contrast-enhanced…
Key Points 1 Cancers of the biliary tract are categorized into four groups: Gallbladder cancer, intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma, perihilar cholangiocarcinoma, and distal cholangiocarcinoma. 2 Disregarding cases discovered incidentally at cholecystectomy, carcinoma of the gallbladder, because of its late stage of clinical…
Key Points 1 Diseases of the bile ducts (BDs) usually manifest with symptoms and signs related to BD obstruction, including pain, jaundice, pruritus, fever, and elevated serum levels of liver biochemical tests. 2 Choledocholithiasis, the most common benign disorder of…
Key Points 1 Gallstones are common and generally asymptomatic. 2 Gallstones can result in various clinical sequelae, including biliary pain and acute cholecystitis. 3 Cholecystectomy is the first-line treatment for symptomatic gallstones and acute cholecystitis. 4 In patients who are…
Key Points 1 Liver transplantation (LT) is a life-saving intervention for patients with acute liver failure, end-stage liver disease (ESLD), some inherited and metabolic liver diseases, and a subset of hepatic malignancies such as hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), cholangiocarcinoma (CC), and…
Key Points 1 Minor liver biochemical test abnormalities are common after surgery; overt liver dysfunction is uncommon but more likely if the patient has preexisting liver disease. 2 Hepatic blood flow is reduced by anesthesia, blood loss, and other hemodynamic…