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Current Trends in Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Research Article(ISSN: 2641-1652)

Prevalence of Benign Focus Liver Lesions in a Reference Center in Northeast Brazil

Volume 2 - Issue 5

Auzelivia Pastora Rego Medeiros Falcão1, Carlos Henrique de Almeida Cipriano2, Guilherme Castro de Queiroz2, Nikolas do Vale Pedreira2, Amália Cinhtia Meneses Rêgo3, Irami Araújo-Filho4*

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    • 1Physician, Gastroenterologist and Hepatologist, Nucleus for Liver Studies at Hospital Universitário Onofre Lopes, Brazil
    • 2Undergraduate Student of Medicine at UFRN, Brazil
    • 3Teaching and Research Manager - School of Health - League Against Cancer Natal, Brazil.
    • 4Full Professor, Department of Surgery, Potiguar, Brazil

    *Corresponding author: Irami Araújo-Filho, Postgraduate Program in Biotechnology at Potiguar University, UnP - Laureate International Universities. Full Professor Department of Surgery, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte. Full Professor, Department of Surgery, Potiguar University. Ph. D in Health Science, Av. Hermes da Fonseca, 1444 - Apto. 1302, Tirol Natal State of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, Zip code: 59020-650; Tel: +55 84 98876-0206; Fax: + 55 84 3342-5079

Received: January 29, 2020;   Published: January 29, 2020

DOI: 10.32474/CTGH.2020.02.000148

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Abstract

Introduction: Technological advances in imaging studies have led to an increase in early diagnosis of benign and focal liver tumors such as simple cyst, hemangioma, focal nodular hyperplasia (UFH), adenoma.

Objective: To evaluate the prevalence of benign liver lesions in the largest reference center for hepatology in the Rio Grande do Norte - University Hospital Onofre Lopes / Northeast Brazil.

Methods: Cross-sectional descriptive study with a quantitative approach. The prevalence of focal benign hepatic lesions in patients from a referral center for hepatology in the Brazilian Northeast was evaluated. The sample was chosen by convenience, based on the analysis of patient records.

Results: A total of 12,333 medical records were analyzed, and 640 selected with the initial diagnosis of focal liver injury. Of these, 70% had a definite diagnosis, and 30% remained inconclusive. Of all the focal lesions diagnosed, the most common was the simple cyst, followed by hemangioma, adenoma, and UFH.

Conclusion: The present study made it possible to identify the prevalence of benign liver lesions in the hepatology department, and its relevance was the acquisition of epidemiological knowledge on the subject, as an additional tool to establish a diagnosis. Thus, it is expected that the health team has the opportunity to guide and reassure their patients about the benignity of the case, thus reducing waiting time or subjecting them to unnecessary diagnostic or surgical procedures.

Keywords: benign hepatoma; cystic liver disease; hepatic hemangioma; focal nodular hyperplasias; hepatocellular adenoma

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