Is a liver biopsy necessary? Investigation of a suspected hepatocellular carcinoma: a pictorial essay of hepatocellular carcinoma and the revised American Association for the Study of Liver Disease criteria

Can Assoc Radiol J. 2012 Nov;63(4):329-40. doi: 10.1016/j.carj.2011.09.004. Epub 2011 Dec 6.

Authors

Rashin F Rastegar¹, Daniel Hou, Alison Harris, Eric Yoshida, Betty Lum, Stephen Ho, Jo-Ann Ford, Stephen Chung, Gilles Soulez, Edward Lee, David Liu

Affiliation

¹ Department of Radiology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

PMID: 22153183
DOI: 10.1016/j.carj.2011.09.004

No abstract available

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Algorithms
Biopsy / methods*
Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / pathology*
Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / physiopathology
Diagnostic Imaging
Humans
Liver Neoplasms / pathology*
Liver Neoplasms / physiopathology
Practice Guidelines as Topic
Unnecessary Procedures