title: Primary hepatic malignant neoplasms.
abstract: Although metastatic disease is by far the most common form of neoplastic involvement of the liver, a variety of primary hepatic malignant neoplasms may develop from any of the cell types within the liver. Primary hepatic neoplasms include hepatocellular carcinoma, intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma, biliary cystadenocarcinoma, and a variety of mesenchymal tumors. This article reviews the clinical presentation and pathology of these tumors and discusses their sonographic, CT scan, and MR imaging appearance.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Fernandez
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Redvanly
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography