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Medical condition
Metastatic liver disease
Axial CT of the abdomen showing multiple liver metastases
Specialty
Hepatology, oncology
A liver metastasis is a malignant tumor in the liver that has spread from another organ affected by cancer. The liver is a common site for metastatic disease because of its rich, dual blood supply (the liver receives blood via the hepatic artery and portal vein). Metastatic tumors in the liver are 20 times more common than primary tumors. In 50% of all cases the primary tumor is of the gastrointestinal tract; other common sites include the breast, ovaries, bronchus and kidney. Patients with Colorectal cancer will develop liver metastases during the disease [1]
Tumor emboli entering the sinusoids through the liver blood supply appear to be physically obstructed by the Kupffer cells, but if tumor emboli are larger, they tend to become lodged in the portal venous branches.
^Yunshi., Qin, Xinyu. Xu, Jianmin. Zhong (2017). Multidisciplinary Management of Liver Metastases in Colorectal Cancer : Early Diagnosis and Treatment. Springer Netherlands. ISBN 978-94-017-7755-1. OCLC 981559278.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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