Hepatomegaly is the enlargement of the liver which can be caused by congestion, infection, malignancy, inflammation, or early cirrhosis.
Cancer refers to a malignant tumor that is capable of progressive and unrestrained growth beyond its original tissue as well as spreading to other areas via lymphatic or blood vessels, resulting in metastases. Cancer cells appear different than normal cells microscopically, showing features of less differentiation, faster proliferation, and disorganized alignment.
Computed tomography can distinguish soft tissues from cysts or fat but may not be able to differentiate inflammatory from malignant soft tissue masses. It is useful for detecting enlarged lymph nodes to indicate lymphatic spread in suspected cancer cases
Hepatomegaly is the enlargement of the liver which can be caused by congestion, infection, malignancy, inflammation, or early cirrhosis.
Cancer refers to a malignant tumor that is capable of progressive and unrestrained growth beyond its original tissue as well as spreading to other areas via lymphatic or blood vessels, resulting in metastases. Cancer cells appear different than normal cells microscopically, showing features of less differentiation, faster proliferation, and disorganized alignment.
Computed tomography can distinguish soft tissues from cysts or fat but may not be able to differentiate inflammatory from malignant soft tissue masses. It is useful for detecting enlarged lymph nodes to indicate lymphatic spread in suspected cancer cases
Hepatomegaly is the enlargement of the liver which can be caused by congestion, infection, malignancy, inflammation, or early cirrhosis.
Cancer refers to a malignant tumor that is capable of progressive and unrestrained growth beyond its original tissue as well as spreading to other areas via lymphatic or blood vessels, resulting in metastases. Cancer cells appear different than normal cells microscopically, showing features of less differentiation, faster proliferation, and disorganized alignment.
Computed tomography can distinguish soft tissues from cysts or fat but may not be able to differentiate inflammatory from malignant soft tissue masses. It is useful for detecting enlarged lymph nodes to indicate lymphatic spread in suspected cancer cases
Enlargement of the LIVER. This may be caused by congestion
(e.g. in heart failure), infection (e.g. HEPATITIS), malignancy, inflammation, or early CIRRHOSIS. Cancer The general term used to refer to a malignant TUMOUR, irrespective of the tissue of origin. Malignancy indicates that (i) the tumour is capable of progressive growth, unrestrained by the capsule of the parent organ, and/or (ii) that it is capable of distant spread via lymphatics or the bloodstream, resulting in development of secondary deposits of tumour known as metastases. Microscopically, cancer cells appear different from the equivalent normal cells in the affected tissue. In particular they may show a lesser degree of differentiation (i.e. they are more primitive), features indicative of a faster proliferative rate and disorganised alignment in relationship to other cells or blood vessels. The diagnosis of cancer usually depends upon the observation of these microscopic features in biopsies, i.e. tissue removed surgically for such examination. Computed tomography can distinguish soft tissues from cysts or fat, but in general soft tissue masses have similar appearances, so that distinguishing an infammatory mass from a malignant process may
be impossible. The technique is particularly useful
in patients with suspected malignancy; it can also defne the extent of the cancer by detecting enlarged lymph nodes, indicating lymphatic spread. The main indications for computed tomography of the body are: Mediastinal masses, suspected pulmonary metastases, adrenal disease, pancreatic masses, retroperitoneal lymph nodes, intra-abdominal abscesses, orbital tumours and the staging of cancer as a guide to effective treatment.