Using light microscopy and ultrasound examinations, we documented in the BDL group, the development of hepatic injury and fibrosis as demonstrated by hepatocytes necrosis, bile duct hyperplasia, collagen deposition, enlarged liver with increased echogenicity, irregular nodular border and dilated common bile...
Increased liver echogenicity at ultrasound examination reflects degree of steatosis but not of fibrosis in asymptomatic patients with mild/moderate abnormalities of liver transaminases. Dig Liver Dis, 34 (2002), pp. 516-522 View PDFView articleView in ScopusGoogle Scholar 37. Joseph A.E., Savery...
These include an irregular capsular contour, T2 hypo/T1 hyperintense nodules and parenchymal heterogeneity with increased echogenicity at ultrasound. It has however been suggested that a relative lack of caudate lobe hypertrophy may be a more specific feature [6]. 6.1.4 Amyloidosis Amyloidosis refers ...
NAFLD is associated with increased risk of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease9,10,11, and with increased prevalence and incidence of CKD12,13,14. No study, however, has evaluated the role of NAFLD on the decline in kidney function among patients who already have reduced kidney function...
(34) = − 0.37;p = 0.006; 0 = GFR within age range, kidney size and normal echogenicity; 1 = GFR within age range, increased echogenicity [at least one kidney] and/or reduced/increased kidney size [at least one kidney]; 2 = GFR below age range) but did ...
A: sagittal image of the right lobe (RL) of the liver demonstrating the normal increased echogenicity relationship between the normal liver and normal right kidney (RK). B: A transverse image demonstrating the normal homogeneous echo pattern of the liver and the three main hepatic veins, the ...
coarsened liver edge and increased echogenicity; in advanced disease, the gross liver appears atrophied and multi-nodular (with typically atrophy of right lobe and hypertrophy of caudate or left lobes) [9]. A prospective study of 100 patients with suspected cirrhosis who underwent liver biopsy showe...
There may be a diffuse increased echogenicity and consequently poor definition of the portal vessels. Changes in echotexture and echogenicity fall broadly into the categories of diffuse or focal changes, with hyperechoic or hypoechoic features. The liver margins should be examined for changes in contou...
The appearance of HCC on US is variable, with iso-, hypo-, or hyper-echogenicity (increased echogenicity is often due to intratumoral fat). Smaller lesions are typically homogeneous and larger lesions heterogeneous. A surrounding fibrous cap- sule is often present and characteristic for HCC, ...
Furthermore, it is, therefore, impossible to distinguish between increased echogenicity caused by an extensive fibrosis from increased echogenicity caused by fatty infiltration. However, a quantitative attenuation parameter can overcome this limitation. Recently a new parameter has been developed to detect ...