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Early diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma: Usefulness of ultrasonically guided fine‐needle aspiration biopsy
Author(s) -
Tanaka Sachiko,
Kitamura Tsugio,
Kasugai Hiroshi,
Okano Yataka,
Tatsuta Masaharu,
Okuda Sigeru
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
journal of clinical ultrasound
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.272
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1097-0096
pISSN - 0091-2751
DOI - 10.1002/jcu.1870140104
Subject(s) - medicine , hepatocellular carcinoma , radiology , biopsy , fine needle aspiration , angiography , ultrasound , ultrasonography , carcinoma , scintigraphy , lesion , pathology
The results of various diagnostic procedures performed on six cases with solitary and minimal (<2 cm) hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) that was later surgically resected were comparatively reviewed. The tumor was detected in 6/6 patients by ultrasonography, 1/6 by scintigraphy, 2/6 by CT, and 4/6 by angiography, and hepatocellular carcinoma was diagnosed in 3/6 by angiography and 6/6 by ultrasonically guided fineneedle aspiration biopsy. Since there are not a few HCCs that can be detected only by ultrasonography, fine‐needle aspiration biopsy with ultrasound guidance is strongly recommended to confirm cases with a minimal lesion in the liver visualized only on a sonogram.