A multi-institutional team of scientists used peripheral focused ultrasound (pFUS) to stimulate the nerves controlling the hepatic portal system (which returns blood from the digestive tract and ...

Magnetic resonance imaging of the abdominal cavity revealed a tumor in the porta hepatis. The patient was qualified for laparoscopy. The tumor was totally excised laparoscopically under guidance of ...

The technology is called peripheral focused ultrasound stimulation (pFUS ... stimulation of an area of the liver called the porta hepatis,” the researchers explained in a Nature briefing.

The liver hilum, which some people know as the porta hepatis or hilum of the liver, is a fissure or opening between two sections, or lobes, of the liver. The liver hilum allows structures ...

A separate radiologist reviewing the current ultrasound also noticed two subcentimeter hepatic cysts on the right lobe of my liver. So, I have two questions: Are the cysts a reason for concern?