Evaluation of Ultrasonically Guided Liver Biopsy for the Diagnosis of Small Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Ultrasonically (US)-guided percutaneous liver biopsies were carried out in 410 patients without postoperative complications. US-guided fine needle biopsies detected small hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) with a diameter of 9 mm. As it is difficult to make a differential diagnosis of a small focal lesion in the liver using various imaging techniques and tumor markers, we recommend actively using a fine needle liver biopsy guided by US.