Malignant neoplasm of liver and intrahepatic bile ducts
This is a serious condition where cancer cells grow in the liver or the small tubes that carry bile inside the liver.
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Your liver is a large, football-sized organ located in the upper right side of your belly. Its job is to clean your blood and help you digest food. This condition occurs when abnormal, harmful cells begin to grow rapidly within the liver tissue itself or inside the tiny tunnels, called intrahepatic bile ducts, that carry a digestive fluid called bile out of the liver.
These harmful growths are called malignant neoplasms, which is the medical term for cancer that can spread to other parts of the body. When cells in these specific areas start multiplying without control, they form a tumor, which is a mass or lump of abnormal cells that can interfere with how your liver works.
Common Symptoms
- A hard lump or fullness in the upper right part of your belly.
- Yellowing of your skin or the whites of your eyes, known as jaundice.
- Unexplained weight loss or loss of appetite.
- Feeling very tired or weak, even after resting.
- Pain in the abdomen that might reach toward your back or right shoulder.