Question 472 · LEK · Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)
Select the correct statements about hepatocellular carcinoma:
1) liver biopsy is the gold diagnostic standard;
2) imaging studies are sufficient to make a diagnosis only in patients with a cirrhotic liver;
3) liver transplantation is reserved for patients with a solitary focal lesion in the liver;
4) hemochromatosis predisposes to the development of hepatocellular carcinoma.
The correct answer is:
2) imaging studies are sufficient to make a diagnosis only in patients with a cirrhotic liver;
3) liver transplantation is reserved for patients with a solitary focal lesion in the liver;
4) hemochromatosis predisposes to the development of hepatocellular carcinoma.
The correct answer is:
- A. 1,2.
- B. 1,3.
- C. 1,4.
- D. 2,3.
- E. 2,4.
Hint
Consider when non-invasive radiological criteria are valid, what the Milan criteria allow, and which metabolic diseases lead to cirrhosis.
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