HEPATIC MALIGNANCIES AT TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL

Objective: To determine the frequency of hepatic malignancies at tertiary care hospital. Patients and Methods: This cross sectional clinical study comprises fifty cases of hepatic tumours. Patients for this study were selected from tertiary care hospital. The inclusion criteria were the patient presenting with hepatic mass firm to hard in consistency and the patients who are diagnosed as hepatic tumours by any of investigative methods (alpha fetoprotein, ultrasound, CT and MRI scan). The detailed history was obtained from the patient as per the pretested structural proforma. Thorough clinical examination was done on each patient and was then subjected to investigations. All patients included in this study underwent treatment either conservatively or surgically as referred to relevant surgeon for intervention. The frequency / percentages (%) and means ±SD computed for study variables. Results: During six months study period total fifty patients of hepatic mass were explored. the frequency for male and female population was 40 (80%) and 10 (20%) with mean ± sd for age of male and female individuals was 58.81±9.91 and 55.83±7.75 respectively. The male population was predominant as male 40 (80%) and female 10 (20%) while the type of hepatoma identified as benign 20 (40%), malignant 06 (12%), focal nodular hyperplasia 07 (14%), malignant 12 (24%), HCC 01 (2.0%), secondaries 01 (2.0%). Conclusion: The hepatic malignancies are more prevalent at tertiary care hospital of developing country. Keywords: Hepatoma, Liver, Caner and Malignancy