Radiological diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma

Recent radiological procedures for the diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma and other liver malignancies, such as radionuclide scanning, coeliac angiography, ultrasonography and computed tomography, are discussed, particularly with respect to the diagnostic accuracy of the individual procedures. Emphasis is also made of the possible angiographic assessment of gross anatomy of hepatocellular carcinoma, angiographic diagnosis of intravascular tumour growth, and the practical value of real-time ultrasonic linear scan such as ultrasonically guided needle aspiration of the tumour cytology.