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cirrhosis of the liver and a mass on liver
I have a questions regards to having a mass on my liver. I am HCV Positive stage4 grade3 genotype 3a. i am needing some answers, as what the mass could be. my doctor has yet to call me, just his assistant. i am really scared at this at this point. i don't know what is going on. so i turned to my friends on medhelp. if anyone has gone through this please leet me know
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Hello. I am so sorry to hear about the liver mass that has been detected. Sure you are afraid. Anyone in your position would be. Please try to distract yourself (I know it is easier said than done) as much as you can until it is determined what the nature of the mass is. Try to hold on until you know the results one way or the other. There are many types of masses that can be found in the liver not all are dangerous or malignant.
Did you have a multi-phase CT or MRI with contrast to determine what the mass is?
I don't understand what you mean by "my doctor has yet to call me, just his assistant." It is your doctor who should talk to you if it appears to be HCC. Whenever a patient is told they have cancer it is very traumatic. Something no one ever forgets.
I hope with all my might you do not have liver cancer. But if you do, it is treatable in its early stages and can be cured with a liver transplant. It is not a death sentence for most patients as long as they have proper medical care at a liver transplant center.
Hang in there!
Hector
I have hep C genotype 1 and advanced cirrhosis. I have had HCC (liver cancer) for 26 months now and had 6 cancer treatments and will have a 7th this month. I have a MELD score of 36. Most patients will receive a transplant in about 18 months after HCC diagnoses at the latest.
Did you have a multi-phase CT or MRI with contrast to determine what the mass is?
I don't understand what you mean by "my doctor has yet to call me, just his assistant." It is your doctor who should talk to you if it appears to be HCC. Whenever a patient is told they have cancer it is very traumatic. Something no one ever forgets.
I hope with all my might you do not have liver cancer. But if you do, it is treatable in its early stages and can be cured with a liver transplant. It is not a death sentence for most patients as long as they have proper medical care at a liver transplant center.
Hang in there!
Hector
I have hep C genotype 1 and advanced cirrhosis. I have had HCC (liver cancer) for 26 months now and had 6 cancer treatments and will have a 7th this month. I have a MELD score of 36. Most patients will receive a transplant in about 18 months after HCC diagnoses at the latest.
I agree that you should try to stay calm until you speak with your Dr.
There are many cases of benign masses found in the liver and let's just think positive about that until you now otherwise.
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Hypervascular liver lesions.
Kamaya A, Maturen KE, Tye GA, Liu YI, Parti NN, Desser TS.
Source
Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA 94305, USA. ***@****
Abstract
Hypervascular hepatocellular lesions include both benign and malignant etiologies. In the benign category, focal nodular hyperplasia and adenoma are typically hypervascular. In addition, some regenerative nodules in cirrhosis may be hypervascular. Malignant hypervascular primary hepatocellular lesions include hepatocellular carcinoma, fibrolamellar carcinoma, and peripheral cholangiocarcinoma. Vascular liver lesions often appear hypervascular because they tend to follow the enhancement of the blood pool; these include hemangiomas, arteriovenous malformations, angiosarcomas, and peliosis. While most gastrointestinal malignancies that metastasize to the liver will appear hypovascular on arterial and portal-venous phase imaging, certain cancers such as metastatic neuroendocrine tumors (including pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors, carcinoid, and gastrointestinal stromal tumors) tend to produce hypervascular metastases due to the greater recruitment of
arterial blood supply. Finally, rare hepatic lesions such as glomus tumor and inflammatory pseudotumor may have a hypervascular appearance.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19842564
A lesion 3.0 centimeter mass was recently found on my liver and my Hepa and his consulting team determined that it is malignant. I had treatment called TACE and hopefully stopped it in its tracks. Unfortunately if it is cancer the only permanent treatment is a transplant.
Hector is the expert on this and he will undoubtedly reply to your question.
Hang in there...it is scary but it is doable and you will find a lot of support on this forum.
Feel free to pm me as well.
All the best
There are many cases of benign masses found in the liver and let's just think positive about that until you now otherwise.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hypervascular liver lesions.
Kamaya A, Maturen KE, Tye GA, Liu YI, Parti NN, Desser TS.
Source
Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA 94305, USA. ***@****
Abstract
Hypervascular hepatocellular lesions include both benign and malignant etiologies. In the benign category, focal nodular hyperplasia and adenoma are typically hypervascular. In addition, some regenerative nodules in cirrhosis may be hypervascular. Malignant hypervascular primary hepatocellular lesions include hepatocellular carcinoma, fibrolamellar carcinoma, and peripheral cholangiocarcinoma. Vascular liver lesions often appear hypervascular because they tend to follow the enhancement of the blood pool; these include hemangiomas, arteriovenous malformations, angiosarcomas, and peliosis. While most gastrointestinal malignancies that metastasize to the liver will appear hypovascular on arterial and portal-venous phase imaging, certain cancers such as metastatic neuroendocrine tumors (including pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors, carcinoid, and gastrointestinal stromal tumors) tend to produce hypervascular metastases due to the greater recruitment of
arterial blood supply. Finally, rare hepatic lesions such as glomus tumor and inflammatory pseudotumor may have a hypervascular appearance.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19842564
A lesion 3.0 centimeter mass was recently found on my liver and my Hepa and his consulting team determined that it is malignant. I had treatment called TACE and hopefully stopped it in its tracks. Unfortunately if it is cancer the only permanent treatment is a transplant.
Hector is the expert on this and he will undoubtedly reply to your question.
Hang in there...it is scary but it is doable and you will find a lot of support on this forum.
Feel free to pm me as well.
All the best
Hi tahoeunicorn169,
I don't have any experience or knowledge about a mass on the liver, but there are several on this forum who do. In the meantime, try to stay calm until one of them arrive to answer your question, and try not to worry until you talk to your doctor.
Advocate1955
I don't have any experience or knowledge about a mass on the liver, but there are several on this forum who do. In the meantime, try to stay calm until one of them arrive to answer your question, and try not to worry until you talk to your doctor.
Advocate1955
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