Sentences with phrase «regenerative nodules»

Regenerative nodules are far less common.

Multiple nodules (regenerative nodules) with an accompanying increase in fibrous tissue may be the result of previous liver damage including inflammation of the liver (hepatitis).

Regenerative nodules remain undetected until late in the disease when they are usually not curable and the course of the disease is short, sometimes only weeks.

Cirrhosis is a consequence of chronic liver disease characterized by replacement of liver tissue by fibrotic scar tissue as well as regenerative nodules, leading to progressive loss of liver function.

Mass lesions within the liver are often identified on ultrasound examination and can represent an area of liver healing (or regenerative nodule in a damaged region), a change in tissue content caused by storage of glycogen (starch, common in dogs with Cushing's Disease described below), infections (abscesses), biliary cysts, chronic fibrous tissue secondary to chronic hepatitis, or benign or malignant tumors.

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Question: What does a regenerative hypoechoic nodule in spleen suggest.

Fibrous tissue can occasionally be seen suggesting the nodules are regenerative but otherwise these non-invasive techniques are incapable of distinguishing nodular hyperplasia and true cancers.