Zuelke, C. and Schlitt, H. J. (2007) Incidentalomas of the liver and gallbladder - Evaluation and therapeutic procedure. CHIRURG, 78 (8). pp. 698-712. ISSN 0009-4722,
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The expanding use of ultrasound in general practice is leading to an ever increasing rate of detection of true hepatic incidentaloma. The correct diagnosis of hepatic incidentaloma may be made in over 90% with non-invasive means. The questionable diagnosis of "symptomatic" incidentaloma should undergo close scrutiny prior to a decision in favour of surgery. With regard to more recent literature, the former "absolute" requirement for surgical resection in all cases of liver cell adenoma may have to be reappraised. Final inability to rule out malignancy represents an unquestionable indication for surgery in the light of low rates of morbidity and lack of mortality in this otherwise healthy patient group. Percutaneous biopsies should not be performed due to oncological hazards, indeterminate results and potential for acute complications. The stage-oriented radical re-resection following diagnosis of an incidentally detected gallbladder cancer may lead to significantly improved long-term survival, especially in the early tumour stages T1b and T2, which represents the most common stage of gallbladder cancer in incidentaloma. Patients at elevated risk for incidental gallbladder cancer should undergo thorough instruction with regard to the potential hazards of laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Multimodal therapeutic strategies directed at advanced stages of incidentally detected gallbladder cancer should be evaluated in prospective multicentre studies.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY; RADICAL RESECTION; SURGICAL-MANAGEMENT; HEPATIC RESECTION; CANCER; CARCINOMA; TUMORS; DIAGNOSIS; OPERATION; SURGERY; hepatic incidentaloma; gallbladder incidentaloma; diagnosis; treatment; algorithm |
| Subjects: | 600 Technology > 610 Medical sciences Medicine |
| Divisions: | Medicine > Lehrstuhl für Chirurgie |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 02 Dec 2020 06:59 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Dec 2020 06:59 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/32426 |
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