If you have had a liver ultrasound scan and black spots were visible on it, you should have been explained what this means by the doctor who showed you the scan in the first place. The truth is, black spots is quite a vague description and without seeing the scan or being a trained doctor it is too difficult to know for sure.
Spots on the ultrasound scan most likely mean ‘masses’, which are areas of the liver that has abnormal growth or tissue that is not the same as the rest of the organ. There are three major types of benign liver growths that can be removed according to medical advise. The good news is primary liver cancer is very rare, that is to say cancer rarely originates in the liver.
Some tumours are best left alone and monitored for change, but others, such as adenomas have the tendency to rupture and become cancerous, which means your physician will advise removal. They are life threatening, but require no more than surgery to remove them, i.e. If not cancerous, further treatment such as chemotherapy is not yet required.
It is possible, although rare, that the spots could be a neuroendrocrine tumour, which is cancerous and will again require surgery to be removed. In any case, your doctor will advise the best case of action which could well be a simple biopsy and careful monitoring.
Spots on the ultrasound scan most likely mean ‘masses’, which are areas of the liver that has abnormal growth or tissue that is not the same as the rest of the organ. There are three major types of benign liver growths that can be removed according to medical advise. The good news is primary liver cancer is very rare, that is to say cancer rarely originates in the liver.
Some tumours are best left alone and monitored for change, but others, such as adenomas have the tendency to rupture and become cancerous, which means your physician will advise removal. They are life threatening, but require no more than surgery to remove them, i.e. If not cancerous, further treatment such as chemotherapy is not yet required.
It is possible, although rare, that the spots could be a neuroendrocrine tumour, which is cancerous and will again require surgery to be removed. In any case, your doctor will advise the best case of action which could well be a simple biopsy and careful monitoring.
