Hello, 29 year old female, I have been ill since September this year. You can check my journals for more details there. In October I had an Ultrasound with the following results:
The liver is normal in size and echotexture. A solitary 3.4cm echogenic focus is noted in the left lobe with appearances most likely representing a hemangioma. So far, AST/SGOT, ALT/SGPT, GGT, are normal. Bilirubin has been moderately high for years and I've been told not to worry.
I also had an ultrasound last year, that did not detect any abnormalities at all. All of the doctors that I've seen seemed very unconcerned about the hemangioma finding, though I did find one who ordered a follow-up CT-scan with contrast dye this December (because I asked for follow-up). Well, I had the CT scan yesterday and already received a call from the clinic about the results today. I didn't quite catch everything the nurse told me on the phone, but she said that the radiologist reported that it appeared that it was a fatty infiltration of the liver and has recommended a follow up MRI. I am very worried at this point. I have had problems with digesting food for almost four years. So far, with my other symptoms, the doctors have been looking at an autoimmune disorder (positive ANA 1:160 w/ two patterns). Why are they recommending an MRI now? Is it because they are unsure as to whether this could be cancerous.
If anyone has any information about fatty liver and/or the likely hood that this is something other than that, could you please post. How easy is it to distinguish between cancer and hemangioma/fatty liver infiltration. If they thought that it was cancer, one of the two radiologist would have mentioned it as being something suspicious, wouldn't you think?