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Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Friday, 12 March 2010 17:29 M.Usman - Administrator

As the problem of alcohol abuse increases in the United Kingdom,which as we know gives rise to many more cases of liver cirrhosis, I look at Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC) - A liver cancer which is strongly associated with liver cirrhosis.

HCC is a primary tumour of the human liver (Lau, 2007). The liver is predominantly made up of parenchymal cells called hepatocytes (Tortora & Grabowski, 2005). HCC is defined as a primary malignancy of the Hepatocyte cells which most frequently, but not exclusively, arises in the setting of liver cirrhosis (Stuart, 2008) (Bruix, 2001) (Forner et al, 2006) (Giannini et al, 2004) (Llovet et al, 2003) (Habib, 2000).

Cholelithiasis - Gallstones

Friday, 26 February 2010 12:54 M.Usman - Administrator

Gallstones are hard crystalline structures found in the gall bladder. They are categorised according to their composition into the following three groups: Cholesterol stones, pigment stones and mixed stones...

Endoscopic Ultrasound - A Review

Wednesday, 17 February 2010 20:56 M.Usman - Administrator

In the first article on the site I review the uses and implementations of Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS). EUS was first introduced in the United States during the late 1980’s. It is a form of ultrasound imaging which combines endoscopy and ultrasound and is used to obtain high resolution, detailed images of the GI system and associated structures and organs.

The Ultrasound Forum - Bringing Ultrasound Together

Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Cholelithiasis - Gallstones

Endoscopic Ultrasound - A Review

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