My mom has a few scattered hypoechoic areas in the liver. She has a mild fatty liver. She has an ultrasound done and the largest hypoechoic area is 22mm. They wrote on her report that a consideration is metastatic and primary tumor of liver. Is the ultrasound usually right? They want her to do a ct scan now .
Hi, Thanks for posting your query. I am Chat Doctor. K and I am pleased to assist you. Yes ultrasound is good enough to detect tumors of liver. But to confirm, a contrast enhanced CT scan has to be done. Your doctor might also do a blood test called alpha photo protein if he thinks it is a primary liver cancer. If it is metastatic liver tumor he may order for other tests including a colonoscopy. I hope that answers your question.