Can CT scan detect liver cancer? These tests are necessary to detect liver cancer

Everyone is familiar with the occurrence of liver cancer. Liver cancer is a malignant tumor disease with a relatively high incidence in our country. The occurrence of this disease often causes patients to lose their lives. Therefore, in our daily life, we must pay great attention to the occurrence of liver cancer and take timely prevention measures.

In daily life, many people are harmed by liver cancer due to some bad habits. The occurrence of liver cancer seriously threatens the life and safety of patients. Therefore, in daily life, facing the occurrence of liver cancer, we must pay great attention to it and take timely prevention. So, can CT scan detect liver cancer?

Everyone is very afraid of the appearance of liver cancer. Liver cancer is a common malignant tumor disease, so in daily life, liver cancer must be checked in time. Everyone knows CT examination, and CT examination is often associated with cancer. Generally speaking, CT examination can detect early liver cancer, especially enhanced CT can confirm the early stage of liver cancer.

Among various imaging examination techniques, CT is the most capable of reflecting the pathological morphology of the liver, such as the size and shape of the lesion, the location, and whether there is hemorrhage and necrosis in the lesion, which can be clearly shown. The invasiveness of the diseased part can be understood from the edge of the diseased part, such as the smoothness and clarity of the edge of the lesion. CT has important diagnostic value for the presence of cancer thrombi in the portal vein and hepatic vein and whether there is metastasis. According to the growth pattern of the tumor, there are two types in pathology, one is the infiltrative growth type and the other is the expansive growth type. The former has unclear boundaries between the lesion and the liver parenchyma and has fuzzy edges, while the latter has clear boundaries or pseudocapsules. These two types have different manifestations on CT.

Through the introduction above, we know that CT can detect liver cancer. The occurrence of liver cancer brings very serious harm to our life safety. Therefore, in our daily life, when facing the occurrence of liver cancer, we must pay great attention to it and cooperate with the doctor's examination and treatment in time to avoid serious consequences.