WFUMB Review Paper. Incidental Findings in Otherwise Healthy Subjects, How to Manage: Liver

• Published in: Cancers Vol. 16; no. 16; p. 2908
• Main Authors: Șirli, Roxana, Popescu, Alina, Jenssen, Christian, Möller, Kathleen, Lim, Adrian, Dong, Yi, Sporea, Ioan, Nürnberg, Dieter, Petry, Marieke, Dietrich, Christoph F.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 21.08.2024; MDPI
• Subjects: Asymptomatic; Benign; Biopsy; Calcification; Care and treatment; Cirrhosis; Contrast agents; Diagnosis; Hemangioma; Lesions; Liver cancer; Liver cirrhosis; Liver diseases; Malignancy; Parenchyma; Patients; Review; Risk factors; Risk groups; Ultrasonic imaging; Ultrasound; Romania; asymptomatic patients; contrast enhanced ultrasound (CEUS); incidental focal liver lesion; ultrasound
• ISSN: 2072-6694; 2072-6694
• DOI: 10.3390/cancers16162908

An incidental focal liver lesion (IFLL) is defined as a hepatic lesion identified in a patient imaged for an unrelated reason. They are frequently encountered in daily practice, sometimes leading to unnecessary, invasive and potentially harmful follow-up investigations. The clinical presentation and...