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Revision as of 20:10, 3 January 2019
Author:
Mikael Häggström [notes 1]
Planning
How soon
Within 2 months in Swedish practice[notes 2]
Evaluation
Liver echogenicity, as compared to the kidney, where liver hyperechogenicity indicates steatosis.
It is also appropriate to perform a general upper abdominal screening.
Abdominal ultrasonography of focal steatosis. It can br distinguished from a tumor by absence of signs of expansion, in this case not compressing the hepatic vein going through it.
Report
- Normal: "Normal liver echogenicity."
- Hyperechogenic: "Hyperechogenic liver parenchyma, indicating steatosis".
Notes
- ↑ For a full list of contributors, see article history. Creators of images are attributed at the image description pages, seen by clicking on the images. See Radlines:Authorship for details.
- ↑ NU Hospital Group, Sweden
