Liver shadow. Probability of liver cancer.

Liver shadow is a simple description of mass effect in liver clinically. In fact, it is based on clinical examination, including B ultrasound, CT and MRI, to find objective mass effect substantial changes in liver. However, in fact, not all mass effects are liver cancer, and the probability of liver cancer cannot be judged by imaging. For the diagnosis of primary liver cancer, on the one hand, through its tumor indicators, that is, the most classic indicator of alpha-fetoprotein, alpha-fetoprotein continued to increase, is a very important manifestation of primary liver cancer. But in addition, liver cancer has another cell pathological type, that is, intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma, tumor indicators of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma, and will not significantly increase, such as AFp alpha-fetoprotein will not significantly increase. However, if you want to diagnose hepatocellular carcinoma or AFp is not elevated, to further identify whether it is primary hepatocellular carcinoma, you need to go through puncture to take tissue, further pathological tests, only pathological diagnosis is the final gold standard to determine whether there is primary liver cancer.