Liver Malignancies Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology

In the past few years, striking progress has been made in the diagnosis and treatment of liver malignancies. This book, written by leading experts from throughout the world, provides a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of the role of diagnostic and interventional radiology in respect of liver malignancies. Following background chapters on anatomy, epidemiology, and clinicopathologic features, each of the diagnostic imaging techniques is carefully discussed and appraised, focusing on new developments in equipment and contrast agents. The interventional therapeutic approaches to primary and secondary hepatic malignancies are then described in depth. In particular, full consideration is given to newer sophisticated techniques of liver tumor ablation. The volume also includes special topics such as liver tumors in children and hepatic transplantation. This book will prove an indispensable source of information for clinicians and researchers involved in the diagnostic and therapeutic management of patients with liver malignancies.

I Introduction.- 1 Segmental Anatomy of the Liver.- 2 Clinico-pathological Classification of Liver Malignancies.- II Diagnostic Imaging.- 3 Carcinogenesis and Pathological Classification of Hepatocellular Carcinoma.- 4 Epidemiology and Clinical Features of Hepatocellular Carcinoma.- 5 Ultrasound and Doppler Ultrasound of Hepatocellular Carcinoma.- 6 Computed Tomography of Hepatocellular Carcinoma.- 7 Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Hepatocellular Carcinoma.- 8 Angiography and Angiographically-Assisted Techniques.- 9 Cholangiocellular Carcinoma.- 10 Rare Primary Malignancies of the Liver.- 11 Epidemiology and Pathology of Liver Metastases.- 12 Ultrasound and Color Doppler Ultrasound of Liver Metastases.- 13 Computed Tomography of Liver Metastases.- 14 Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Liver Metastases.- 15 Intraoperative Ultrasound for Hepatic Metastases.- III Interventional Radiology.- 16 Rationale for Non-surgical Interventional Treatment of Hepatocellular Carcinoma.- 17 Transcatheter Arterial Chemoembolization of Hepatocellular Carcinoma.- 18 Percutaneous Ethanol Injection of Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Borderline Lesions.- 19 Single-Session Percutaneous Alcohol Ablation of Hepatocellular Carcinoma.- 20 Radiofrequency Thermal Ablation of Hepatocellular Carcinoma.- 21 Interstitial Laser Photocoagulation of Hepatocellular Carcinoma.- 22 Combination of Interventional Treatments in Hepatocellular Carcinoma.- 23 Rationale for Treatment of Metastatic Disease to the Liver.- 24 Radiofrequency Thermal Ablation of Liver Metastases.- 25 Transcatheter Arterial Chemotherapy and Chemoembolization of Liver Metastases.- 26 Cryotherapy of Liver Metastases.- IV Special Topics.- 27 Pediatric Tumors of the Liver.- 28 Diagnostic Imaging in Liver Transplantation.- 29 Specific MR Contrast Mediafor Liver Imaging.- 30 Imaging Evaluation of Tumor Response.- 31 Ultrasound-Guided Biopsy of Malignant Liver Lesions.- 32 Computed Tomography-Guided Percutaneous Biopsy of Malignant Hepatic Lesions.- 33 Advanced Image Processing.- List of Contributors.