The document discusses evaluation and management of liver lesions. It describes common benign and malignant solid and cystic liver lesions. For solid lesions, it recommends following an algorithm including history, exam, labs, imaging like CT/MRI, and potentially biopsy to determine if the lesion is benign or malignant. For cystic lesions, it recommends monitoring asymptomatic simple cysts with ultrasound but surgically treating symptomatic or complicated cysts.
7. Common Malignant solid liver lesion
Hepatocellular carcinma
Chlagiocarcinoma
Metastatic disease
Common in male
Stomach
Lung
Colon
Common in female
Breast
Colon
Stomach
Uterus
Less common
Pancreas
Leukemia
Lymphoma
Caracinoid tumor
8. Hemangioma
The most common benign liver
tumor
Prevalence from autopsy 3% to 20%
Middle-aged women,
Female-to-male ratio 6:1
Estrogen receptors
Size less than 5 cm can reach 20
cm or larger
Their blood supply is derived from
the hepatic artery.
Clinic
Asymptomatic
Intermittent symptoms may occur when
there is necrosis, infarction, or thrombosis of
the tumor.
Life-threatening hemorrhage
Kasabach-Merritt syndrome is a rare
coagulopathy
Don’t advice Needle biopsy
Treatment
Observation
Hepatic artery embolization
9.
10. Focal nodular hyperplasia (FNH)
Second-most-common benign hepatic tumor about 8% of cases.
Lesions usually are solitary and small and often are located near the edge of
the liver.
Clinical
Epigastric or right-upper-quadrant pain with a palpable mass
Diagnostic studies.
US,CT, MRI
Treatment.
Elective resection is not indicated
Resection for differentiate from adenoma or malignant lesions.
Unresectable
Transarterial embolization
stop OC
11.
12. Hepatic adenoma (HA)
HA is the benign proliferation of
hepatocytes.
HA is found in young women and
has a 4:1 female-to-male ratio.
Risk OC, anabolic steroids
solitary round, well-circumscribed
lesions, unencapsulated.
Clinic:
Abdominal Pain
One third spontaneous rupture
Diagnostic studies.
U/S non specific
CT- scan
MRI T99
Treatment:
Small (<4 cm)
Stop oral contraceptives.
Radiofrequency ablation
Indications for resection :
Patients with lesions that are 5 cm
or greater in diameter.
Tumors that do not shrink after
discontinuation of oral
contraceptives .
Patients who medically cannot stop
OCP use.
Women who are planning
pregnancy.
13. Bile duct hamartomas
Most common liver lesions seen at laparotomy.
They are usually peripherally located and firm, smooth, and white, 1 to 5 mm
lesionsin
Distinguishing them from miliary metastatic lesions (colorectal cancer or
cholangiocarcinoma)
Biopsy should be perform the diagnose.
Regenerative nodule
History of Liver cirrhosis
15. Hepatocellular carcinoma HCC
Primary liver malignancy
2.4/ 100000
Male : female 2-3:1
History of Chronic liver disease (cehrrhosis)
Major risk HCV, alchol, autoimmune, metabolic
Serology
Immageng
αFP , ECA
16. Chlangiocarcinoma
Entra / extra hepatic Biliar duct
Risk
Primary scalrosing chlongitis
Choduchal cyst
MRI
hypointense lesions on T1-weighted images
and hyperintense lesions on T2-weighted images
MRCP
17. Metastasis
Common in western countries
Cystic or solid
Multiple
Metastatic disease
Common in male
Stomach
Lung
Colon
Common in female
Breast
Colon
Stomach
Uterus
Less common
Pancreas
Leukemia
Lymphoma
Caracinoid tumor
18. Ultrasound CT MRI
hemagioma well-demarcated homogeneous hyperechoic
mass
well-demarcated hypodense mass smooth, well-demarcated homogeneous
mass that has low signal intensity on
T1-weighted images and is
hyperintense on T2-weighted
FNH hyper-, hypo-, or isoechoic on ultrasoun hypo- or isodense on non-contrast
imaging with a central scar identified
have increased T1-weighted signal
On T2-weighted images heterogeneous
Hepatic andenoma ultrasonographic features are nonspecific CT features are variable
Idiophatic portal hyper tension nodules hypoechoic, often with a hypoechoic
rim
limited diagnostic high-intensity pattern on T2-weighted
images
a low-intensity pattern on T1-weighted
images
HCC poorly-defined margins and coarse, irregular
internal echoes
increased vascularity compared high-intensity pattern on T2-weighted
images
a low-intensity pattern on T1-weighted
images
Cholangio carcenoma homogenous hypoechoic mass hypodense hepatic lesion with
peripheral (rim)
hypointense lesions on T1-weighted
images
and hyperintense lesions on T2-
weighted images
Metastasis multiple and hypoechoic internal heterogeneity lower attenuation MRI metastatic lesions appear as low-
signal areas
intraoperative ultrasound is still more
sensitive
20. Guide line of American college of Gastro-
entrology
Clinical factors may help determine the cause of FLLs, including age, sex, oral
contraceptive use, chronic liver disease history, and recent travel.
FLL size is crucial in guiding the workup, as those smaller than 1 cm are generally benign
incidental findings.
Radiologic studies can easily differentiate cystic from solid lesions, and a quality imaging
modality alone may precisely diagnose certain solid FLLs such as FNH and hemangiomas.
Liver biopsy has a high risk of causing bleeding and often adds no additional value to the
radiologic diagnosis of many benign lesions, such as hemangiomas and hepatocellular
adenomas.
Most FLLs presenting as incidentalomas are benign, requiring only patient reassurance and
monitoring.
Patients with cirrhosis and ultrasound lesion larger than 1 cm should undergo magnetic
resonance imaging or triple-phase computed tomography.
21. Guide line of American college of
Gastro-entrology
Patients with chronic liver disease, especially cirrhosis, and solid FLLs must be
considered to have hepatocellular carcinoma until otherwise proven.
Patients with hepatocellular adenoma should avoid oral contraceptives, hormone-
containing intrauterine devices, and anabolic steroids.
Asymptomatic FNH does not require intervention.
Management of nodular regenerative hyperplasia involves diagnosis and
management of any underlying predisposing disease processes.
Asymptomatic simple hepatic cysts should be observed with expectant
management.
Monotherapy with antihelminthic drugs is not recommended in symptomatic
patients with suspected hydatid cysts who are surgical or percutaneous treatment
candidates.
22. Cystic lesion of liver
Cystic lesions of the liver represent a heterogeneous group of disorders, which
differ in etiology, prevalence, and clinical manifestations.
Small asymptomatic
Larger cysts are more likely to be symptomatic and cause complications such
as spontaneous hemorrhage , rupture into the peritoneal cavity or bile duct [,
infection and compression of the biliary tree .
28. Other cystic lesion of liver
Ciliated hepatic foregut cyst
More in male
More in lift lob
Primary squamous cell carcinoma
Poor prognoses
Liver metastasis
Central necrosis
Ovarian, pancreas, colon, kidney, neuroendocrain
Poly cystic liver disease
Choleducla cyst
Pain, jaundice, abdominal mass
Hydatid cyst, liver pyogenic amoebic abscess,
29. Surgical anatomy of live
International Hepato-Pancreato-
Biliary Association
30. Surgery
Diagnostic and therapeutic wedge resection
Sigmentectomy
Pluri-segmentectomy
Lobectomy
Liver transplantation
31. Summery for solid lesion
Common lesions include:
Hepatic hemangioma
Focal nodular hyperplasia
Hepatic adenoma
Idiopathic noncirrhotic portal
hypertension (including nodular
regenerative hyperplasia)
Regenerative nodules
Hepatocellular carcinoma
Cholangiocarcinoma
Metastatic disease
Majority solid liver lesions are asymptomatic,
Follow algorithm
Metastases to the liver are a likely cause of a solid
liver lesion in patients with an extrahepatic
malignancy.
If the history and physical examination are negative,
we typically start the evaluation with laboratory
testing and a triphasic CT ,MRI. If imaging tests fail
need biopsied or resected
32. Cystic
Large asymptomatic, noncomplicated simple cysts should be monitored by
periodic ultrasonography for the first two to three years
Significant growth, progressive symptoms, or any suspicion of neoplastic cyst
mandates surgical intervention.
In symptomatic patients, the possibility of coexisting pathology must be
excluded When symptoms are the only indication for surgery, selection of
patients with truly symptomatic cysts
Any suspicion regarding underlying malignancy (eg, solid or thickened cyst
wall, nodules, etc.) mandates a biopsy for frozen section histopathology.
Laparoscopic unroofing is usually curative for simple cysts
33.
34. Internal anatomy
A. first division
Midplane of the liver and runs from the gallbladder fossa to the inferior vena cava
The liver is divided into two almost equally sized hemilivers. The plane between
the hemilivers is the. Each hemiliver is supplied by one hepatic arterial branch,
one bile duct, and one portal vein.
B. second division
Further divisions of the liver are based on the internal course of the hepatic artery
and bile duct. These structures retain a high order of bilateral symmetry, whereas
the portal vein does not. Its asymmetry results from retained portions from the
fetal circulation. The liver is thus divided into four nearly equal sections: the right
anterior and posterior sections and the left medial and lateral sections. A vessel
supplying a section is a sectional vessel (e.g., the right anterior sectional artery).
C. third division
The liver is further subdivided into segments numbered I to VIII. These are the
same as originally described by Couinaud. Resection of a segment is termed a
segmentectomy.
35. Summery and recommendation
Solid lesion
Benign or malignant
A/symptomatic
Fallow algorethem
Cystic lesion
Small simple cyst nedle aspiration
not required
Large asemptomatic cyst 2-3 year
follow up
Symptomatic cyst pathology
Resection open lapracopic
36. Reference
Uptodate
Medescap
Bailey & Love’s Short practice of surgery 26th edition
Schwartz’s Principles of surgery 9th edition
Washiton manual of surgery 6th edition
37. Idiopatic non cirrhotic portal
hypertension
appear isointense on T2-weighted images and contain foci of high intensity on
T1-weighted images.
38. Patients with cirrhosis or chronic hepatitis B virus infection
Patients with extrahepatic malignancy
CT, FNA
Patients without cirrhosis, HBV, or extrahepatic malignancy
Size > 1cm
Fallow up < 1cm
39. Clinical manifestation
Asymptomatic
Pain, pruritus, or a palpable mass
Weight loss and early satiety
Clinic of Cirrhosis
Palmar Erythema, Spider
Angiomata
Hepatic Encephalopathy, Variceal
Bleeding, Or Ascites
Elevated Bilirubin, Prolonged
Prothrombin Time, Anemia, And
Thrombocytopenia
Metastatic tumors
History
Physical exam
40. Lab test
Α-FP other tumor marker
Serology
Imaging
Triphasic abdominal CT
MRI with gadolinium-based contrast
histological examination
US CEUS
FNA
Diagnose
Risk
Surgical resection