Which of the following liver tumor had a propensity to invade the poal or hepatic vein
High-Yield Explanation
HCC derive its blood supply from hepatic aery HCC is characterized by being hyper dense on the aerial phase of contrast imaging, meaning that they have more aerial perfusion Aerial perfusion of HCC also allows for treatment of the lesion embolization of feeding aery Characteristic of HCC : Propensity to invade the poal vein Risk of poal vein invasion appears to correlate with tumor size and differentiation Outcome of patients with poal venous invasion is worse than that of patients whose tumor does not invade the poal vein Ref: Sabiston 20th edition Pgno : 1458-1463