[Management of a focal hepatic mass: propositions of a workshop]

Focal hepatic masses are a common problem, due to the expansion of ultrasound. Individuals engaged in the four disciplines involved (hepatogastroenterology, digestive surgery, radiology and pathology) met to summarize the information available, to compare their experience and to make synthetic proposals. The method consisted of an expert report, discussion of the clinical cases, workshop discussion for each discipline around synthetic proposals, reporting of these proposals in full session and discussion. The results, i.e. the synthetic and consensual proposals concerned diagnosis, treatment and monitoring of focal hepatic masses are presented for each discipline.