HEPATIC-TUMORS IN CHILDREN

In the evaluation of a hepatic mass lesion, imaging techniques are of considerable importance, though the final diagnosis is established by histopathological examination. Radical surgery is still the best treat ment for a primary malignant hepatic neoplasm and the surgeon should s upplied in advance with all the information needed for planning the op eration. Sonography is now the first diagnostic procedure per formed, quite often followed by MRI as the only supplementary modality. Scinti graphy and angiography have been largely superseded; they are performe d in carefully selected individual cases. CT is an alternative to MRI.