TUMOURS OF THE LIVER-INCIDENCE AND SONOGRAPHIC PATTERNS

Purpose: The aim of this study was to investigate incidence and appearance (patterns) of hepatic tumours (primary and secondary) in our clinic. Methods and Materials: we analyzed in retrospectiv study, ultrasound changes -apperances in referred patient to our institution, in period of two years (january 2001- december 2002).Ultrasound investigation were curried out using commercially sonography machine “ Aloka 4000“ with convex and linear sondes 3,5–10 Mhz.For differentiation between benign and malign tumours we performed also CT, NMR etc.Benign liver tumours (cysts,focal steatosis,focal nodular hyperplasia,haem…