I am a 64-year-old man who had an ultrasound six months ago that revealed a 1.9-cm echogenic nodule in the right lobe of my liver. The radiologist felt it was a hemangioma. I recently had another ...

Liver cysts are usually harmless and don't cause symptoms. Most liver cysts don't need treatment unless they get large and cause issues, like pain and abdominal fullness. Liver cysts are often ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . For lesions of unknown etiology, the ACG recommends multiphasic contrast-enhanced imaging. The ACG recommends ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I am a 64-year-old man who had an ultrasound six months ago that revealed a 1.9-cm echogenic nodule in the right lobe of my liver. The radiologist felt it was a hemangioma. I recently ...

There are two subtypes of liver cancer: hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), which is the most common, and cholangiocarcinoma, which grows in the bile ducts of the liver. Knowing your subtype is important ...

Researchers from Miguel Hernández University of Elche (UMH) in Spain have identified an effective strategy to reduce ...

Until now, doctors knew hepatic stellate cells mainly as drivers of liver fibrosis. The actual functions of this cell type have hardly been studied to date. Researchers have now determined that ...

Hepatic veins are blood vessels that return low-oxygen blood from your liver back to the heart. The veins are key players in the supply chain that moves the blood that delivers nutrients and oxygen to ...