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What Does 8cm Solid Mass On The Liver Indicate?

My mother has been sick for over a month, high fever, aches, no appetite, abdominal pain; sleeping all the time, liver tests came out very bad, and mri showed 8cm solid mass on the liver; does this sound like advanced stages of liver cancer and what is the prognosis for something like this as we are fearing for the worst.
Wed, 11 May 2016
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Hi thanks for asking question in HCM...

Noted MRI showing 8 cm mass ....
This is very big mass ....So it could be malignancy......

This mass has to be investigated properly with detail history and investigation...
It could be primary malignancy of liver or it can be metastatic secondary mass....

Here USG guided FNAC or CT guided biopsy needed to search for nature of mass and identify which malignancy is present...
If needed IHC can be done to confirm and subclassify malignancy.....

If mass is not metastasise then prognosis good....
If it is spread outside liver then 5 year survival can be less....
For this bone scan done if malignancy confirmed....

If no malignancy in biopsy and if it is infective abscess then it should be drained...

Meanwhile take soft and bland diet with low fat.
Fruit more ....

Keeping this in mind discuss with doc to investigate further.

Take care.

Dr.Parth
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What Does 8cm Solid Mass On The Liver Indicate?

Hi thanks for asking question in HCM... Noted MRI showing 8 cm mass .... This is very big mass ....So it could be malignancy...... This mass has to be investigated properly with detail history and investigation... It could be primary malignancy of liver or it can be metastatic secondary mass.... Here USG guided FNAC or CT guided biopsy needed to search for nature of mass and identify which malignancy is present... If needed IHC can be done to confirm and subclassify malignancy..... If mass is not metastasise then prognosis good.... If it is spread outside liver then 5 year survival can be less.... For this bone scan done if malignancy confirmed.... If no malignancy in biopsy and if it is infective abscess then it should be drained... Meanwhile take soft and bland diet with low fat. Fruit more .... Keeping this in mind discuss with doc to investigate further. Take care. Dr.Parth