Liver metastases from breast cancer
Abdominal axial CT showing a large, well-circumscribed HCC within the liver parenchyma of a patient with chronic hepatitis C infection.
Abdominal axial CT showing numerous well-circumscribed metastases in a patient with primary adenocarcinoma of the breast. [Courtesy of Dr. N. Jaffer]
In the US image presented here, the hypoechoic region, superior and to the left, represents the liver, while the markedly hypoechoic region, central and to the right, represents the gallbladder. [Courtesy of Dr. N. Jaffer]
The purpose of this CT is to illustrate where to localize the gallbladder. Note the liver at the 9 o’clock position with the gallbladder at the 10 o’clock position.
