What Is Liver Calcification?

Intrahepatic calcification refers to the presence of strong echoes or high-density images similar to stones in the liver on B-mode or CT images. It is more common in people between 20 and 50 years of age, and the incidence rate is equal for men and women. Generally, it is a single calcification, and the right liver In the left liver, left and right liver calcifications rarely occur at the same time. Human liver has calcified lesions more often, and there are various causes, mainly with intrahepatic bile duct stones (most common), chronic intrahepatic inflammation or trauma, tumors, liver trauma, liver abscess, liver tuberculosis, hemangioma, granulation Swelling, congenital causes, etc. In addition, after suffering from protozoa, liver fluke, and parasitic disease, calcifications will be formed.

Liver calcification

Intrahepatic calcifications are similar to those found in the liver on ultrasound or CT images

In most cases, the calcified plaques of the liver are only some special mutations produced after human liver cell necrosis. The human body is undergoing metabolism every day. Some cell necrosis is normal. After necrosis, it is caused by the poor circulation of itself, which causes the liver and gall to sink down The formation of calcified plaques under the b-ultrasound showed a bright spot like stones.

Under normal circumstances, it does not have much impact on the body. This spot is only about 0.5 cm in the b-ultrasound. Calcified plaques are like long moles on the skin, but the deposition of some necrotic cells, most of which are benign, and most of the patients themselves have no symptoms and do not need to be treated under normal circumstances.

But in some cases, hepatitis,

There are many lesions that form intrahepatic calcifications. It mainly includes:

Intrahepatic bile duct stones are the most common factor;

chronic inflammation or trauma in the liver;

parasite infection;

Calcification of benign and malignant liver tumors and intrahepatic metastases;

Congenital development and formation of intrahepatic calcifications in the fetus in the uterus, often with congenital malformations, the detection rate is 0.057%.