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A 9mm hyper vascular lesion showed up on a recent ct scan, but did not show up on my liver ultrasound last fall? is this normal?

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See ans: A cat scan is much more sensitive in seeing than us the ultra sound. For a condition as you say you need further evaluation.

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Answered 7/13/2015

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Yes: Some things do not show up on both types of scans. They may choose to repeat the CT san in 6 months to follow the lesion.

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