Aim: Detection of color Doppler ultrasonographic (CDU) findings of the solid liver masses and contribution of
these findings to differential diagnosis.
Material and Methods: Thirty-five patients with solid liver mass were evaluated prospectively. Spectral Doppler
properties, vascular patterns and vascular morphologies of these lesions were determined. The diagnoses of the
lesions were made with biopsy and/or imaging modalities. These lesions were classified according to their diagnoses
and CDU findings were analyzed statistically.
Results: Of the 35 patients with liver masses, 18 were diagnosed as hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC); 10 as
hemangioma; and 7 as metastasis. As vascularization was determined in 6 with metastasis, 1 with hemangioma and
all patients with HCC, no color flow signal was detected in 9 with hemangiomas and one with metastasis. Although
there was no statistical difference in vascular pattern, vascular morphology, peak systolic velocity and resistive index
values of primary and metastatic lesions (p>0.05), there was a statistically significant difference between benign and
malignant solid liver lesions by using these values (p
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