Hepatocellular carcinoma and liver abscess have similar gastrointestinal symptoms such as pain in liver area, hepatomegaly, lack of appetite, jaundice, and systemic symptoms such as fatigue, which are easy to be confused.
Hepatocellular carcinoma includes hepatocellular carcinoma and intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma, which mainly manifests as pain in the liver area, liver enlargement, gastrointestinal symptoms such as lack of appetite, jaundice, abdominal distension, and systemic symptoms such as fatigue and emaciation.
Liver abscess is mostly caused by bacterial or amoebic protozoan infection, which mainly manifests systemic toxic symptoms such as chills and high fever, liver pain and hepatomegaly are typical symptoms, and there may be digestive symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, lack of appetite and fatigue, and jaundice may appear in combined with bile duct obstruction.
Hepatocellular carcinoma and liver abscess are similar in terms of digestive symptoms such as liver pain and hepatomegaly, but most of the systemic symptoms are different, which can be initially identified by symptoms such as chills and high fever, jaundice, etc. It is mainly necessary to go to the doctor for imaging and blood tests, tumor markers and other tests to make a differential diagnosis.