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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
A liver mass may be classified into several sub-types based on number of nodules, type of histo-pathology, and consistency. | |||
==Classification== | ==Classification== | ||
A liver mass may be classified into several sub-types based on number of nodules, type of histo-pathology, and consistency. | A liver mass may be classified into several sub-types based on number of nodules, type of histo-pathology, and consistency.<ref name="benign">Mergo PJ, Ros PR. Benign Lesions of the Liver. In: The Radiologic Clinics of North America, 2, W.B. Saunders, Philadelphia 1998. Vol 36, p.319.</ref> | ||
* Based on the number of nodules diagnosed on imaging liver mass can be classified into 2 types. | * Based on the number of nodules diagnosed on imaging liver mass can be classified into 2 types. | ||
** Solitary nodule | ** Solitary nodule | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Maria Fernanda Villarreal, M.D. [2]
Overview
A liver mass may be classified into several sub-types based on number of nodules, type of histo-pathology, and consistency.
Classification
A liver mass may be classified into several sub-types based on number of nodules, type of histo-pathology, and consistency.[1]
- Based on the number of nodules diagnosed on imaging liver mass can be classified into 2 types.
- Solitary nodule
- Multiple nodules
- Based on the type of histo-pathology liver mass can be classified into 2 types.
- Benign
- Malignant
- Based on the consitency of the mass, liver mass can be classified into 2 types.
- Complex cysts
- Simple cysts
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| Solitary | Multiple | Benign | Malignant | Simple | Cystic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
WHO classification of liver tumors
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| Benign Tumors | Malignant Tumors | ||
| Epithelial | Hepatocytes |
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| Non-Epithelial | Mesenchymal |
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Classification of Hepatic cysts
| Classification of Hepatic Cysts |
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The table below summarizes the classification of common liver masses according to histopathological origin.
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References
- ↑ Mergo PJ, Ros PR. Benign Lesions of the Liver. In: The Radiologic Clinics of North America, 2, W.B. Saunders, Philadelphia 1998. Vol 36, p.319.