Transient periportal hyperechogenicity in feverish patients: a novel ultrasonographic finding.
J Ultrasound 2019;
22:179-184. [PMID:
30843172 DOI:
10.1007/s40477-019-00369-2]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2018] [Accepted: 02/24/2019] [Indexed: 10/27/2022] Open
Abstract
PURPOSE
Periportal hyperechogenicity has been recorded in many inflammatory and infectious diseases, including viral hepatitis, inflammatory bowel diseases, toxic shock syndrome of staphylococcus infection, typhoid fever, and schistosomiasis. We aimed to evaluate the echogenicity of the portal tracts of the liver by abdominal ultrasound imaging in patients with fever irrespective of the cause.
METHODS
Abdominal ultrasound examination was performed in 277 consecutive patients presented with fever at their first visit and repeated 2 weeks later after their recovery.
RESULTS
Transient periportal hyperechogenicity was present in 39% (108 patients) of the feverish patients studied irrespective of the cause of the fever.
CONCLUSION
Transient periportal hyperechogenicity is a frequent ultrasonographic finding in feverish patients irrespective of the cause of fever, and hence should not be misdiagnosed as liver disease or chronic periportal fibrosis unless the hyperechogenicity persists after recovery from the febrile or inflammatory condition.
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