Evaluation of asymptomatic solitary hepatic lesions.
Clinical judgment and noninvasive radiologic imaging are the keystones to decision-making in the management of most patients with asymptomatic liver lesions. A knowledge of the natural history of the common lesions suggests a conservative approach to those that are benign and an aggressive approach to those that are malignant and still localized.
Foster
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Department of Surgery, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington 06032.
D000465:Algorithms; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000175:diagnosis; D006392:Hemangioma, Cavernous / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis