title: [Echographic finding of a liver mass in the first years of life].
abstract: On the basis of personal experience of echographic finding of liver mass in the early years of life, the origin is recalled and symptomatology with ultrasounds outlined: 1) they may be occasional findings without corresponding clinical signs (cystic dysplasic forms); 2) they may be metastases of known tumours (neuroblastoma); 3) they may be primary neoplasias (haemangiomas); 4) they may be signs of a state of immunodeficiency (abscess foci). It is stated that the data supplied by echography are often aspecific or permit diagnosis only if integrated with elements provided by other techniques and/or by clinical and biohumoral data.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Tomà
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Dell'Acqua
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D006965:Hyperplasia; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008099:Liver / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000473:pathology*; D008100:Liver Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D009336:Necrosis; D014463:Ultrasonography
vernacular_title: Reperto ecografico di massa epatica nei primi anni di vita.