Chronic hepatitis and hepatic cirrhosis are pathologies with high prevalence in the world
population. Ultrasound (US) allows for a quick and precise examination of the liver …

Fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) is the diagnostic procedure of choice for evaluation of
liver lesions. Although primarily applied to malignant disease, it is also used in the …

The role of fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) in the evaluation of focal liver lesions has
evolved. Guided FNAB is still useful to procure a tissue diagnosis if clinical, biochemical and …

OBJECTIVE: To determine the accuracy of ultrasound (US)–guided fine needle aspiration
(FNA) for the diagnosis of well-differentiated hepatocellular carcinoma (wd HCC) and …

Needle core biopsy (NCB) has been the standard procedure for histopathologic diagnosis of
hepatic lesions for more than 50 years. In recent years fine needle aspiration cytology …

Hepatic masses are increasingly being detected on radiography-albeit most commonly as
incidental findings as small as 1 cm or less-with the use of sophisticated abdominal imaging …

BACKGROUND Distinction of well differentiated hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) from
benign hepatocellular lesions is a well recognized problem in fine‐needle aspiration (FNA) …

Fine-needle aspiration (FNA) is increasing in popularity as a means of diagnosing mass
lesions in intraabdominal organs. With use of radiologic guidance for needle placement, this …

The differential diagnosis between hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and metastatic
carcinoma, especially in moderate–poorly differentiated (MPD) HCC and poorly …

This study was undertaken to compare the efficacy of cytologic smears and histological
sections from cell blocks in diagnosis of space occupying lesions (SOLs) of the liver and to …