Contrast-enhanced sonography of a hepatocellular carcinoma undergoing spontaneous necrosis
Andrea Giannetti1, Marco Corsetti, Sergio Quaranta
1Department of Gastroenterology, Misericordia Hospital, Via Senese 22, 58100 Grosseto, Italy.
Journal of Clinical Ultrasound : JCU
|July 30, 2008
Abstract:
Spontaneous necrosis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is rare. We report the case of a 72-year-old woman with an HCC nodule that underwent necrosis after sonographically guided needle biopsy. Baseline sonographic examination revealed only a nonspecific change in the echogenicity of the lesion. Subsequent necrosis was suggested on contrast-enhanced sonographic examination and was confirmed on spiral CT.
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