FREQUENCY OF HEPATOMA IN CIRRHOTIC PATIENTS IN LOCAL POPULATION USING TRIPHASIC CT SCAN AS DIAGNOSTIC TOOL

ABSTRACT
Objective: To determine frequency of hepatoma among cirrhotic patients using triphasic CT scan as diagnostic tool.
Methodology: A cross sectional study was conducted at Department of radiology, Kuwait teaching Hospital, Peshawar.
Study duration was 6 months (July 2017- December 2017). Sample size of 288 patients was calculated using WHO
calculator. Non probability consecutive sampling was used. Triphasic CT scan is used for diagnosis of Hepatoma.
SPSS version 22.0 was used for data analysis. Chi-square test was applied to determine association between different
variables. p value ≤0.05 considered significant