Tag Giuseppe Brancatelli

Malignant Focal Lesions

Etiology Malignant liver tumors can be classified either by cell of origin as hepatocellular, cholangiocellular, or mesenchymal or by site of origin as primary or secondary. This chapter will describe the most frequently encountered malignant hepatic tumors arising in the…

Benign Focal Lesions

Etiology Although benign hepatic tumors have been classified into several histiotypes according to their cell of origin (i.e., hepatocytes, biliary epithelium, or mesenchymal cells), our focus in this discussion is on those lesions most frequently encountered in clinical practice, including…