Ultrasonography of steatosis
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Author:
Mikael Häggström [notes 1]
Contents
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.
- Ultrasonography of focal steatosis.jpg
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
