What are the methods for differential diagnosis of primary liver cancer? Two methods can help you diagnose primary liver cancer

Primary liver cancer is a common liver cancer, which is often caused by the infection of liver cells by pathogens, which leads to the proliferation of cancer cells, and eventually the infection of liver cells by cancerous cells. Many people do not know how to detect or identify primary liver cancer, so they do not know how to identify it when similar symptoms appear, so it is particularly important for everyone to understand the differential diagnosis method of primary liver cancer.

Because there are so many symptoms of primary liver cancer, and they are very similar to the symptoms of other diseases, people cannot accurately identify which disease causes the symptoms. In order to let more people understand the characteristics and symptoms of primary liver cancer, this article lists the following methods to diagnose primary liver cancer, hoping to help everyone solve such problems, and to detect primary liver cancer early, treat it in time, and keep our bodies away from the impact of liver cancer.

1. Pathological diagnostic criteria: HCC is diagnosed as biopsy or surgical resection of liver lesions or extrahepatic metastases based on histopathological and/or cytological examination, which is the gold standard.

2. Clinical diagnostic criteria: HCC can be diagnosed using clinical diagnostic criteria. Since HCC is non-invasive, simple, convenient and easy to operate, three indicators can be used to determine whether a patient has primary liver cancer, namely, chronic liver disease background, imaging examination results and serum AFp levels; however, clinical tests are different from those in academia, and there are errors in actual application. Therefore, the clinical diagnosis of HCC can only be established based on the different standards of each country, previous domestic standards and clinical practice.

In addition to various clinical and pathological judgments, primary liver cancer should also be distinguished from cirrhosis, so that primary liver cancer can be better identified and the disease can be discovered earlier. The enlarged liver of cirrhosis still maintains a normal outline. When the cirrhotic liver is obviously enlarged, it is difficult to identify it on the radionuclide liver scan due to liver atrophy. Close observation should be carried out and serum α-Fp should be measured multiple times.

The above are the symptoms and diagnostic criteria of various primary liver cancers. I hope that after reading the above content, you will have a deeper understanding of the diagnosis of primary liver cancer and know how to judge the characteristics of primary liver cancer and other diseases. In addition to identification and judgment, we should effectively prevent various diseases in our daily lives, which bring negative effects to our bodies. Therefore, it is necessary to maintain a healthy state in terms of diet and lifestyle habits, and fundamentally curb the occurrence of various diseases.