A liver ultrasound is a noninvasive imaging test that uses sound waves to create pictures of the liver, helping detect abnormalities like fatty liver or cysts. Skip to main content .

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 64-year-old man who had an ultrasound six months ago that revealed a 1.9-cm echogenic nodule in the right lobe of my liver. The radiologist felt it was a hemangioma. I ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 64-year-old man who had an ultrasound six months ago that revealed a 1.9-cm echogenic nodule in the right lobe of my liver. The radiologist felt it was a hemangioma. I ...

I am a 64-year-old man who had an ultrasound six months ago that revealed a 1.9-cm echogenic nodule in the right lobe of my liver.The radiologist felt it was a hemangioma.

DEAR DR. ROACH: I was diagnosed with several liver cysts over 15 years ago. My primary doctor and I follow the growth of the cysts by ultrasound, and one is increasing in size. We did an MRI with and ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I am a 64-year-old man who had an ultrasound six months ago that revealed a 1.9-cm echogenic nodule in the right lobe of my liver. The radiologist felt it was a hemangioma.

DEAR DR. ROACH: I was diagnosed with several liver cysts over 15 years ago. My primary doctor and I follow the growth of the cysts by ultrasound, and one is increasing in size.

Ultrasound alone isn’t enough to diagnose liver cancer. Ultrasounds can’t find all tumors, and they often miss many cancers when they’re still small.

Michelle Hughes, 38, was 35 weeks pregnant when she began feeling a sharp pain beneath the right side of her rib cage. Little ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I was diagnosed with several liver cysts over 15 years ago. My primary doctor and I follow the growth of the cysts by ultrasound, and one is increasing in size. We did an MRI with ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I was diagnosed with several liver cysts over 15 years ago.My primary doctor and I follow the growth of the cysts by ultrasound, and one is increasing in size. We did an MRI with ...