News|Articles|October 22, 2024

Clinical Quiz: Diagnosing, Managing Common Focal Liver Lesions

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Key Takeaways

  • Asymptomatic and incidental focal liver lesions are increasingly detected in abdominal imaging, requiring expert management by gastroenterologists and hepatologists.
  • The American College of Gastroenterology has published guidelines to support the diagnosis and management of common focal liver lesions.
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Test your knowledge of the 2024 American College of Gastroenterology focal liver lesion diagnosis and management guidelines with this clinical quiz!

Focal liver lesions, especially asymptomatic and incidental liver lesions, have become an increasingly common finding on abdominal imaging, with gastroenterologists and hepatologists often tasked with making recommendations for their diagnosis and management.

To support clinical practice and suggest preferable approaches based on the currently available published literature, the American College of Gastroenterology released a clinical guideline on the diagnosis and management of common focal liver lesions, encouraging health care providers to incorporate the guidance when exercising clinical judgment.

Test your knowledge of the guidelines with this clinical quiz!

Which of the following is a recommended management step for women with hepatic adenomas less than 5 cm?


Reference

Frenette C, Mendiratta-Lala M, Salgia R, et al. ACG Clinical Guideline: Focal Liver Lesions. The American Journal of Gastroenterology 119(7):p 1235-1271, July 2024. doi:10.14309/ajg.0000000000002857


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