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Hemangioma of the liver and liver cancer difference

November 27th, 2008

My mother was hospitalized because of asthma, bronchitis attack, during which a doctor to do a comprehensive inspection. That the results of the blood test results are the root of a liver-related indices. Just when the patient is more than 200, it is now more than 300. I name specific targets Is not very clear. And then make recommendations B super-, B super-testing on a single write clinical diagnosis of liver damage. B super doctor said to be the result of blood vessels, said to be a re-look at the CT.Later, doctors said so directly to . Have not yet done.

I found that on-line information, said AFP indicators, together with the blood vessels, that is basically the liver.

I would like to ask, AFP will not rise for other reasons? B-chao has been able to hemangioma of liver cancer and qualitative it? Is not in accordance with the clinical look at the possibility of a very large liver cancer.

Answer:

and liver cancer there is no direct link, if confirmed hepatic hemangioma is not cancerous
Since the testing you mother of AFP index continues to rise, should be concerned with small liver cancer and blood vessels in the image on the identification, so enhanced CT imaging can be diagnosed by testing the nature of the tumor, if the conditions is the same Can be diagnosed, if diagnosed after the tumor was detected in the blood vessels would be no problem, but we must continue to monitor AFP, as imaging detection of tumor size by technical limitations, it is possible cancer tumor is Small, can only be detected in serum levels, is still in an early stage of cancer, so the effect should not be Read more…

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