Metastases can occur in cirrhotic livers with patent portal veins

• Main Authors: Zaid Mahdi (Author), Mark G. Ettel (Author), Raul S. Gonzalez (Author), John Hart (Author), Lindsay Alpert (Author), Jiayun Fang (Author), Natalia Liu (Author), Suntrea T. Hammer (Author), Nicole Panarelli (Author), Jerome Cheng (Author), Joel K. Greenson (Author), Paul E. Swanson (Author), Maria Westerhoff (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Objectives Metastases are common in non-cirrhotic livers but are considered unlikely in the setting of cirrhosis. However, the degree of fibrosis in cirrhosis may vary; thus metastases may still access the liver vasculature and present as a mass in cirrhotic livers. This possibility may aff...