Keyword : liver

Focal liver lesions can be solitary or multiple, solid or cystic, congenital or acquired, and range from cysts, hamartomas, hyperplastic nodules and inflammatory entities to tumors and tumor-like lesions. The background liver may be normal or diseased. An algorithmic approach based on pattern recognition and cell profiling is outlined for the ...Continue reading →

A 68-year-old woman presented with hepatic metastasis. She had been performed cholecystectomy at a provincial hospital for symptomatic gallstones and was diagnosed as poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma of the gallbladder. The follow-up hepatic segmentectomy revealed a malignant small round tumor composed of nests of cells containing small nuclei...Continue reading →

The treatment of colorectal liver metastasis is surgical resection. The chemotherapy can convert unresectable lesions to resectable lesions. However chemotherapy also causes liver injuries in remaining liver parenchyma, such as steatosis, steatohepatitis and sinusoidal dilation. These lesions cannot be distinguished from other causes,...Continue reading →

Formaldehyde exposure is a risk factor for cancer in humans. Recent studies have revealed that salt solution can preserve human and animal tissues with a quality equal to formaldehyde. This study is the fi rst attempt to compare effectiveness between formaldehyde and salt solution preservation by quantitative measurement of tissue discoloration, ...Continue reading →