Table 1.
Characteristics of patients and focal liver lesions
| Patient characteristics | Value |
|---|---|
| Mean age (age range) | 56.8 ± 16.9 (23–81) |
| Sex | |
| Male | 128 (66.3) |
| Female | 65 (33.7) |
| Background liver | |
| Chronic hepatitis | 76 (39.4) |
| Liver cirrhosis | 49 (25.4) |
| Steatosis | 21 (10.9) |
| Normal liver | 85 (44.0) |
| FLL characteristics | |
| FLL size (cm) | 3.2 ± 2.0 |
| Benign | 3.4 ± 1.9 |
| Malignant | 3.1 ± 2.1 |
| FLL location | 193 |
| Right lobe | 126 (65.3) |
| Left lobe | 67 (34.7) |
| Diagnosis of the FLL | 193 |
| Benign | 88 (45.6) |
| HH | 38 (19.7) |
| FNH | 19 (9.8) |
| Hepatic adenomas | 10 (5.2) |
| Liver abscesses | 13 (6.7) |
| Liver cysts | 8 (4.1) |
| Malignant | 105 (54.4) |
| HCC | 53 (27.5) |
| Liver metastases | 33 (17.1) |
| Cholangiocarcinoma | 19 (9.8) |
Data are shown as mean ± standard deviation or number (percentage)
FLL focal liver lesions, HH hepatic hemangioma, FNH focal nodular hyperplasia, HCC hepatocellular carcinoma