The fate of indeterminate liver lesions: What proportion are precursors of hepatocellular carcinoma?

ABSTRACT:

Background

The natural history and incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) arising from indeterminate liver lesions are not well described. We aimed to define the incidence of HCC in a cohort of patients undergoing surveillance by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and estimate any associations with incident HCC.

Methods

We performed a retrospective follow-up study, identifying MRI scans in which indeterminate lesions had been reported between January 2006 and January 2017. Subsequent MRI scan reports were reviewed for incident HCC arising from indeterminate lesions, data were extracted from electronic patient records and survival analysis performed to estimate associations with baseline factors.

Results

One hundred and nine patients with indeterminate lesions on MR

SUBMITTER: Cococcia S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8908619 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature