title: Ultrasonography of primary liver carcinoma (PLC) and targetted cytologic examination.
abstract: A primary liver cell carcinoma was disclosed in 11 cases out of a total of 61 patients with a focal hepatic lesion. The authors investigate the diagnostic significance of abdominal ultrasonography (US) as a major diagnostic modality in early detection of PLC. It is concluded that abdominal US is an important contribution to diagnosis of hepatic lesions smaller than 1 cm in diameter. The echographic features of PLC are often unspecific thus requiring a complementary targetted cytologic examination. A short comparison of US computed tomography and liver scintigraphy is given.
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Frysák
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Novák
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dusková
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Scudla
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Tomanová
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D003581:Cytodiagnosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography