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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

File:False impression of hyperechogenic liver.jpg
Viewing the liver and kidney side by side (left image) may give a false impression of hyperechogenic liver, so it's preferably done with the organ borders facing the ultrasound probe (right image, of the same case).

Liver echogenicity, as compared to the kidney, where liver hyperechogenicity indicates steatosis.

It is also appropriate to perform a general upper abdominal screening.

Report

  • Normal: "Normal liver echogenicity."
  • Hyperechogenic: "Hyperechogenic liver parenchyma, indicating steatosis".

Notes

  1. 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.
  2. NU Hospital Group, Sweden

References