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Suttivanich S, Soonklang K, Hiranrat P, Siripongsakun S. Sonographic appearance of focal liver lesions and likelihood of hepatocellular carcinoma in adult Thais with chronic hepatitis B virus infection. JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ULTRASOUND : JCU 2024; 52:377-384. [PMID: 38334168 DOI: 10.1002/jcu.23643] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2023] [Revised: 01/24/2024] [Accepted: 01/26/2024] [Indexed: 02/10/2024]
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PURPOSE The objective of our study was to study and compare the sonographic findings of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and benign liver lesions, and apply these to an HCC surveillance program in patient with chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV). METHODS Sonographic findings of HCC and benign liver lesions were retrospectively reviewed following diagnosis based on either computer tomography or magnetic resonance imaging from July 2010 to December 2020. Multiple sonographic features were analyzed, including internal echogenicity, rim characteristics, and posterior acoustic enhancement. Associations between sonographic characteristics and HCC were assessed using uni- and multi-variate logistic regression analyses. RESULTS Of the focal liver lesions in 337 chronic HBV patients, there were 25 HCC and 410 benign lesions, with median sizes of 1.6 and 1.0 cm, respectively. Three ultrasound patterns, homogeneous hypoechogenicity, heterogeneous echogenicity, and hypoechoic rims were more frequently found in HCC than in benign lesions. Moreover, the hypoechoic rim feature was the only sonographic pattern independently associated with HCC (Odds ratio, 68.05; 95% confidence interval, 7.37-628.10; p-values < 0.001). In a subgroup analysis of the lesions sized 2 cm or smaller, no sonographic findings were associated with HCC. CONCLUSION A hypoechoic rim was a sonographic feature independently associated with HCC. These findings may aid in improving HCC detection and guiding management during HCC screening and surveillance with ultrasound.
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- Sarana Suttivanich
- Sonographer School, HRH Princess Chulabhorn College of Medical Science, Chulabhorn Royal Academy, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Data Management Unit, HRH Princess Chulabhorn College of Medical Science, Chulabhorn Royal Academy, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Sonographer School, HRH Princess Chulabhorn College of Medical Science, Chulabhorn Royal Academy, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Sonographer School, HRH Princess Chulabhorn College of Medical Science, Chulabhorn Royal Academy, Bangkok, Thailand
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Liu Z, Li W, Zhu Z, Wen H, Li MD, Hou C, Shen H, Huang B, Luo Y, Wang W, Chen X. A deep learning model with data integration of ultrasound contrast-enhanced micro-flow cines, B-mode images, and clinical parameters for diagnosing significant liver fibrosis in patients with chronic hepatitis B. Eur Radiol 2023; 33:5871-5881. [PMID: 36735040 DOI: 10.1007/s00330-023-09436-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2022] [Revised: 01/03/2023] [Accepted: 01/08/2023] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To develop and investigate a deep learning model with data integration of ultrasound contrast-enhanced micro-flow (CEMF) cines, B-mode images, and patients' clinical parameters to improve the diagnosis of significant liver fibrosis (≥ F2) in patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB). METHODS Of 682 CHB patients who underwent ultrasound and histopathological examinations between October 2016 and May 2020, 218 subjects were included in this retrospective study. We devised a data integration-based deep learning (DIDL) model for assessing ≥ F2 in CHB patients. The model contained three convolutional neural network branches to automatically extract features from ultrasound CEMF cines, B-mode images, and clinical data. The extracted features were fused at the backend of the model for decision-making. The diagnostic performance was evaluated across fivefold cross-validation and compared against the other methods in terms of the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC), with histopathological results as the reference standard. RESULTS The mean AUC achieved by the DIDL model was 0.901 [95% CI, 0.857-0.939], which was significantly higher than those of the comparative methods, including the models trained by using only CEMF cines (0.850 [0.794-0.893]), B-mode images (0.813 [0.754-0.862]), or clinical data (0.757 [0.694-0.812]), as well as the conventional TIC method (0.752 [0.689-0.808]), APRI (0.792 [0.734-0.845]), FIB-4 (0.776 [0.714-0.829]), and visual assessments of two radiologists (0.812 [0.754-0.862], and 0.800 [0.739-0.849]), all ps < 0.01, DeLong test. CONCLUSION The DIDL model with data integration of ultrasound CEMF cines, B-mode images, and clinical parameters showed promising performance in diagnosing significant liver fibrosis for CHB patients. KEY POINTS • The combined use of ultrasound contrast-enhanced micro-flow cines, B-mode images, and clinical data in a deep learning model has potential to improve the diagnosis of significant liver fibrosis. • The deep learning model with the fusion of features extracted from multimodality data outperformed the conventional methods including mono-modality data-based models, the time-intensity curve-based recognizer, fibrosis biomarkers, and visual assessments by experienced radiologists. • The interpretation of the feature attention maps in the deep learning model may help radiologists get better understanding of liver fibrosis-related features and hence potentially enhancing their diagnostic capacities.
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- Zhong Liu
- National-Regional Key Technology Engineering Laboratory for Medical Ultrasound, Guangdong Key Laboratory for Biomedical Measurements and Ultrasound Imaging, School of Biomedical Engineering, Shenzhen University Medical School, Shenzhen University, 1066 Xueyuan Road, Shenzhen, 518055, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Medical Ultrasonics, Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional Ultrasound, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, 58 Zhongshan Road 2, Guangzhou, 510080, People's Republic of China
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- National-Regional Key Technology Engineering Laboratory for Medical Ultrasound, Guangdong Key Laboratory for Biomedical Measurements and Ultrasound Imaging, School of Biomedical Engineering, Shenzhen University Medical School, Shenzhen University, 1066 Xueyuan Road, Shenzhen, 518055, People's Republic of China
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- National-Regional Key Technology Engineering Laboratory for Medical Ultrasound, Guangdong Key Laboratory for Biomedical Measurements and Ultrasound Imaging, School of Biomedical Engineering, Shenzhen University Medical School, Shenzhen University, 1066 Xueyuan Road, Shenzhen, 518055, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Medical Ultrasonics, Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional Ultrasound, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, 58 Zhongshan Road 2, Guangzhou, 510080, People's Republic of China
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- National-Regional Key Technology Engineering Laboratory for Medical Ultrasound, Guangdong Key Laboratory for Biomedical Measurements and Ultrasound Imaging, School of Biomedical Engineering, Shenzhen University Medical School, Shenzhen University, 1066 Xueyuan Road, Shenzhen, 518055, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Medical Ultrasonics, Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional Ultrasound, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, 58 Zhongshan Road 2, Guangzhou, 510080, People's Republic of China
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- National-Regional Key Technology Engineering Laboratory for Medical Ultrasound, Guangdong Key Laboratory for Biomedical Measurements and Ultrasound Imaging, School of Biomedical Engineering, Shenzhen University Medical School, Shenzhen University, 1066 Xueyuan Road, Shenzhen, 518055, People's Republic of China
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- National-Regional Key Technology Engineering Laboratory for Medical Ultrasound, Guangdong Key Laboratory for Biomedical Measurements and Ultrasound Imaging, School of Biomedical Engineering, Shenzhen University Medical School, Shenzhen University, 1066 Xueyuan Road, Shenzhen, 518055, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Medical Ultrasonics, Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional Ultrasound, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, 58 Zhongshan Road 2, Guangzhou, 510080, People's Republic of China.
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- National-Regional Key Technology Engineering Laboratory for Medical Ultrasound, Guangdong Key Laboratory for Biomedical Measurements and Ultrasound Imaging, School of Biomedical Engineering, Shenzhen University Medical School, Shenzhen University, 1066 Xueyuan Road, Shenzhen, 518055, People's Republic of China.
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Liu Z, Wen H, Zhu Z, Li Q, Liu L, Li T, Xu W, Hou C, Huang B, Li Z, Dong C, Chen X. Diagnosis of significant liver fibrosis in patients with chronic hepatitis B using a deep learning-based data integration network. Hepatol Int 2022; 16:526-536. [PMID: 35312969 DOI: 10.1007/s12072-021-10294-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2021] [Accepted: 12/24/2021] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS Chronic hepatitis B virus (CHB) infection remains a major global health burden and the non-invasive and accurate diagnosis of significant liver fibrosis (≥ F2) in CHB patients is clinically very important. This study aimed to assess the potential of the joint use of ultrasound images of liver parenchyma, liver stiffness values, and patients' clinical parameters in a deep learning model to improve the diagnosis of ≥ F2 in CHB patients. METHODS Of 527 CHB patients who underwent US examination, liver elastography and biopsy, 284 eligible patients were included. We developed a deep learning-based data integration network (DI-Net) to fuse the information of ultrasound images of liver parenchyma, liver stiffness values and patients' clinical parameters for diagnosing ≥ F2 in CHB patients. The performance of DI-Net was cross-validated in a main cohort (n = 155) of the included patients and externally validated in an independent cohort (n = 129), with comparisons against single-source data-based models and other non-invasive methods in terms of the area under the receiver-operating-characteristic curve (AUC). RESULTS DI-Net achieved an AUC of 0.943 (95% confidence interval [CI] 0.893-0.973) in the cross-validation, and an AUC of 0.901 (95% CI 0.834-0.945) in the external validation, which were significantly greater than those of the comparative methods (AUC ranges: 0.774-0.877 and 0.741-0.848 for cross- and external validations, respectively, ps < 0.01). CONCLUSION The joint use of ultrasound images of liver parenchyma, liver stiffness values, and patients' clinical parameters in a deep learning model could significantly improve the diagnosis of ≥ F2 in CHB patients.
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- Zhong Liu
- National-Regional Key Technology Engineering Laboratory for Medical Ultrasound, Guangdong Key Laboratory for Biomedical Measurements and Ultrasound Imaging, School of Biomedical Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, People's Republic of China
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- National-Regional Key Technology Engineering Laboratory for Medical Ultrasound, Guangdong Key Laboratory for Biomedical Measurements and Ultrasound Imaging, School of Biomedical Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, People's Republic of China
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- National-Regional Key Technology Engineering Laboratory for Medical Ultrasound, Guangdong Key Laboratory for Biomedical Measurements and Ultrasound Imaging, School of Biomedical Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, People's Republic of China
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- First Medical College of Guangdong Medical University, Zhanjiang, People's Republic of China
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- Shenzhen Research Institute of Big Data, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, People's Republic of China
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- National-Regional Key Technology Engineering Laboratory for Medical Ultrasound, Guangdong Key Laboratory for Biomedical Measurements and Ultrasound Imaging, School of Biomedical Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, People's Republic of China
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- National-Regional Key Technology Engineering Laboratory for Medical Ultrasound, Guangdong Key Laboratory for Biomedical Measurements and Ultrasound Imaging, School of Biomedical Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, People's Republic of China
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- National-Regional Key Technology Engineering Laboratory for Medical Ultrasound, Guangdong Key Laboratory for Biomedical Measurements and Ultrasound Imaging, School of Biomedical Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, People's Republic of China
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- National-Regional Key Technology Engineering Laboratory for Medical Ultrasound, Guangdong Key Laboratory for Biomedical Measurements and Ultrasound Imaging, School of Biomedical Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, People's Republic of China
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- National Clinical Research Centre for Infectious Disease, Department of Ultrasound, Shenzhen Third People's Hospital, Shenzhen, People's Republic of China
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- National Clinical Research Centre for Infectious Disease, Department of Ultrasound, Shenzhen Third People's Hospital, Shenzhen, People's Republic of China.
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- National-Regional Key Technology Engineering Laboratory for Medical Ultrasound, Guangdong Key Laboratory for Biomedical Measurements and Ultrasound Imaging, School of Biomedical Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, People's Republic of China.
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Yang JH, Ku SK, Cho ILJ, Lee JH, Na CS, Ki SH. Neoagarooligosaccharide Protects against Hepatic Fibrosis via Inhibition of TGF-β/Smad Signaling Pathway. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:2041. [PMID: 33670808 PMCID: PMC7922480 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22042041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2021] [Revised: 02/16/2021] [Accepted: 02/16/2021] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Hepatic fibrosis occurs when liver tissue becomes scarred from repetitive liver injury and inflammatory responses; it can progress to cirrhosis and eventually to hepatocellular carcinoma. Previously, we reported that neoagarooligosaccharides (NAOs), produced by the hydrolysis of agar by β-agarases, have hepatoprotective effects against acetaminophen overdose-induced acute liver injury. However, the effect of NAOs on chronic liver injury, including hepatic fibrosis, has not yet been elucidated. Therefore, we examined whether NAOs protect against fibrogenesis in vitro and in vivo. NAOs ameliorated PAI-1, α-SMA, CTGF and fibronectin protein expression and decreased mRNA levels of fibrogenic genes in TGF-β-treated LX-2 cells. Furthermore, downstream of TGF-β, the Smad signaling pathway was inhibited by NAOs in LX-2 cells. Treatment with NAOs diminished the severity of hepatic injury, as evidenced by reduction in serum alanine aminotransferase and aspartate aminotransferase levels, in carbon tetrachloride (CCl4)-induced liver fibrosis mouse models. Moreover, NAOs markedly blocked histopathological changes and collagen accumulation, as shown by H&E and Sirius red staining, respectively. Finally, NAOs antagonized the CCl4-induced upregulation of the protein and mRNA levels of fibrogenic genes in the liver. In conclusion, our findings suggest that NAOs may be a promising candidate for the prevention and treatment of chronic liver injury via inhibition of the TGF-β/Smad signaling pathway.
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- Ji Hye Yang
- College of Korean Medicine, Dongshin University, Naju, Jeollanam-do 58245, Korea;
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- College of Korean Medicine, Daegu Haany University, Gyeongsan, Gyeongsangbuk-do 38610, Korea; (S.K.K.); (I.J.C.)
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- College of Korean Medicine, Daegu Haany University, Gyeongsan, Gyeongsangbuk-do 38610, Korea; (S.K.K.); (I.J.C.)
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- Dyne Bio Inc. Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do 13209, Korea;
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- College of Korean Medicine, Dongshin University, Naju, Jeollanam-do 58245, Korea;
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- College of Pharmacy, Chosun University, Seoseok-dong, Gwangju 61452, Korea
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Gene expression in human liver fibrosis associated with Echinococcus granulosus sensu lato. Parasitol Res 2020; 119:2177-2187. [PMID: 32377911 DOI: 10.1007/s00436-020-06700-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2020] [Accepted: 04/28/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Liver fibrosis is a dynamic process that occurs in response to chronic liver disease resulting from factors such as chronic infections, autoimmune reactions, allergic responses, toxins, radiation, and infectious agents. Among the infectious agents, multicellular parasites cause chronic inflammation and fibrosis. Twenty-five patients with different stages of cystic echinococcosis (CE) were enrolled in the study. The expression of ACTA2, COL3A1, IFN-γ, MMP2, MMP9, TGF-β1, and TNF-α genes was determined by qRT-PCR in healthy and fibrotic liver tissue of the CE patients. TGF-β1 expression was evaluated by immunohistochemistry, and histology was conducted to assess the development of liver fibrosis. Expression of MMP9, ACTA2, COL3A1, and MMP2 was found significantly higher in the fibrotic tissue compared to healthy tissue. We observed a significant correlation between TGF-β1 and TNF-α gene expressions and liver fibrosis. The mRNA level of IFN-γ was lower in the fibrotic than in the healthy hepatic tissue. Immunohistochemistry analysis revealed TGF-β1 upregulation in the fibrotic tissue. Histology showed inflammation and fibrosis to be significantly higher in the fibrotic tissue. The findings of this study suggest that Echinococcus granulosussensu lato can promotes fibrosis through the overexpression of TGF-β1, MMP9, ACTA2, COL3A1, and MMP2. The downregulation of IFN-γ mRNA in fibrotic samples is probably due to the increased production of TGF-β1 and the suppression of potential anti-fibrotic role of IFN-γ during advanced liver injury caused by E. granulosussensu lato.
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Durante-Mangoni E, Parrella A, Pafundi PC, Vitrone M, Ragone E, De Rosa I, Amarelli C, Zampino R. Liver histopathological findings in advanced heart failure: a reappraisal of cardiac cirrhosis concept. Intern Emerg Med 2019; 14:931-940. [PMID: 30689135 DOI: 10.1007/s11739-019-02033-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2018] [Accepted: 01/14/2019] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Cardiogenic liver disease is a common yet poorly characterized complication of advanced heart failure (HF), and may impact clinical management in the setting of heart transplant evaluation. In this retrospective study, we describe clinical and histopathological features of liver injury in advanced HF, with a focus on the role of liver biopsy. Included were 45 HF patients, assessed for possible heart transplant, who underwent liver biopsy for suspected liver disease. Median duration of HF symptoms was 5 years. Most patients had stiff hepatomegaly and elevated bilirubin. Viral hepatitis (19 patients, 42.2%) was the most common cause of prior known liver disease. Sinusoidal dilatation was detected in the majority of patients (64.4%). Median necroinflammatory index was 3 and median fibrosis was 1, consistent with a small burden of histologically proven liver disease. Viral hepatitis was the only variable associated with a higher grade of necroinflammation and fibrosis. Nine of the 14 (64.3%) advanced fibrosis/cirrhosis patients had a viral hepatitis infection. Fibrosis was significantly associated with splenomegaly. The MELD score was not correlated with cardiac index. A coarse liver echo-pattern had a 29% positive and 63% negative predictive value for advanced fibrosis/cirrhosis. Severe liver disease is uncommon in patients with advanced HF in the absence of splenomegaly or primary causes of liver disease. Ultrasound data need to be carefully evaluated, as it may overstate the severity of liver disease. Liver biopsy may be needed to accurately stage liver disease before excluding patients from advanced treatment strategies.
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- Emanuele Durante-Mangoni
- Internal Medicine, University of Campania 'L. Vanvitelli', Naples, Italy.
- Unit of Infectious and Transplant Medicine, AORN Ospedali dei Colli-Monaldi Hospital, Piazzale Ettore Ruggieri, 80131, Naples, Italy.
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- Internal Medicine, University of Campania 'L. Vanvitelli', Naples, Italy
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- Internal Medicine, University of Campania 'L. Vanvitelli', Naples, Italy
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- Internal Medicine, University of Campania 'L. Vanvitelli', Naples, Italy
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- Unit of Infectious and Transplant Medicine, AORN Ospedali dei Colli-Monaldi Hospital, Piazzale Ettore Ruggieri, 80131, Naples, Italy
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- Unit of Pathology, AORN Ospedali dei Colli-Monaldi Hospital, Piazzale Ettore Ruggieri, 80131, Naples, Italy
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- Unit of Cardiac Surgery and Transplants, AORN Ospedali dei Colli-Monaldi Hospital, Piazzale Ettore Ruggieri, 80131, Naples, Italy
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- Internal Medicine, University of Campania 'L. Vanvitelli', Naples, Italy
- Unit of Infectious and Transplant Medicine, AORN Ospedali dei Colli-Monaldi Hospital, Piazzale Ettore Ruggieri, 80131, Naples, Italy
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D'Souza JC, Sultan LR, Hunt SJ, Schultz SM, Brice AK, Wood AKW, Sehgal CM. B-mode ultrasound for the assessment of hepatic fibrosis: a quantitative multiparametric analysis for a radiomics approach. Sci Rep 2019; 9:8708. [PMID: 31213661 PMCID: PMC6581954 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-45043-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2018] [Accepted: 05/29/2019] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Hepatic fibrosis and cirrhosis are a growing global health problem with increasing mortality rates. Early diagnosis and staging of hepatic fibrosis represent a major challenge. Currently liver biopsy is the gold standard for fibrosis assessment; however, biopsy requires an invasive procedure and is prone to sampling error and reader variability. In the current study we investigate using quantitative analysis of computer-extracted features of B-mode ultrasound as a non-invasive tool to characterize hepatic fibrosis. Twenty-two rats were administered diethylnitrosamine (DEN) orally for 12 weeks to induce hepatic fibrosis. Four control rats did not receive DEN. B-mode ultrasound scans sampling throughout the liver were acquired at baseline, 10, and 13 weeks. Computer extracted quantitative parameters representing brightness (echointensity, hepatorenal index) and variance (heterogeneity, anisotropy) of the liver were studied. DEN rats showed an increase in echointensity from 37.1 ± SD 7.8 to 53.5 ± 5.7 (10 w) to 57.5 ± 6.1 (13 w), while the control group remained unchanged at an average of 34.5 ± 4.5. The three other features studied increased similarly over time in the DEN group. Histologic analysis showed METAVIR fibrosis grades of F2-F4 in DEN rats and F0-F1 in controls. Increasing imaging parameters correlated with increasing METAVIR grades, and anisotropy showed the strongest correlation (ρ = 0.58). Sonographic parameters combined using multiparametric logistic regression were able to differentiate between clinically significant and insignificant fibrosis. Quantitative B-mode ultrasound imaging can be implemented in clinical settings as an accurate non-invasive tool for fibrosis assessment.
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- Julia C D'Souza
- Ultrasound Research Lab, Department of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.,Penn Image-Guided Interventions Lab, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Ultrasound Research Lab, Department of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
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- Ultrasound Research Lab, Department of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.,Penn Image-Guided Interventions Lab, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Ultrasound Research Lab, Department of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- University Laboratory Animal Resources, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.,Department of Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Ultrasound Research Lab, Department of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.,Department of Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Ultrasound Research Lab, Department of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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Jin JY, Zheng YB, Zheng J, Liu J, Mao YJ, Chen SG, Gao ZL, Zheng RQ. 2D shear wave elastography combined with MELD improved prognostic accuracy in patients with acute-on-chronic hepatitis B liver failure. Eur Radiol 2018; 28:4465-4474. [PMID: 29696433 DOI: 10.1007/s00330-018-5336-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2017] [Revised: 01/01/2018] [Accepted: 01/16/2018] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To evaluate accuracy of two-dimensional shear wave elastography (2D SWE) and develop and validate a new prognostic score in predicting prognosis of acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) patients. METHODS From 1 October 2013 to 30 September 2015, we consecutively enrolled 290 patients, sequentially collected data (including 2D SWE, ultrasound parameters, laboratory data and prognostic scores) and recorded patients' outcome (recovering/steady or worsening) during a 90-day follow-up period. We evaluated ability of 2D SWE to predict outcomes of acute-on-chronic hepatitis B liver failure (ACLF-HBV) patients. We developed a new score (MELD-SWE, combining MELD and SWE values) for predicting mortality risk of ACLF-HBV in 179 patients in a derivation group, and validated in 111 patients. RESULTS 2D SWE values were higher in worsening patients than recovering/steady ones (p < 0.001). Accuracy of 2D SWE in predicting outcomes of ACLF-HBV was comparable to that of the MELD score (p = 0.441). MELD-SWE showed a significantly higher prognostic value than MELD in both derivation (AUROC, 0.80 vs. 0.76, p = 0.040) and validation (AUROC, 0.87 vs. 0.82, p = 0.018) group. CONCLUSIONS The MELD-SWE score, combining MELD and SWE values, was superior to MELD alone for outcoming prediction in patients with ACLF-HBV. KEY POINTS • 2D SWE is a simple prognostic evaluation tool in patients with ACLF-HBV. • MELD-SWE was created in this study: 1.3×MELD + 0.3×2D SWE (kPa). • MELD-SWE score was superior to MELD alone for outcoming prediction in ACLF-HBV. • In this study, 46.8 was the optimal cut-off value of MELD-SWE score.
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- Jie-Yang Jin
- Department of Medical Ultrasonics, the Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, 600 Tianhe Road, Guangzhou, 510630, China.,GuangDong Key Laboratory of Liver Disease Research, the Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, 600 Tianhe Road, Guangzhou, China
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- GuangDong Key Laboratory of Liver Disease Research, the Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, 600 Tianhe Road, Guangzhou, China.,Department of Infectious Diseases, the Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, 600 Tianhe Road, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Medical Ultrasonics, the Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, 600 Tianhe Road, Guangzhou, 510630, China.,GuangDong Key Laboratory of Liver Disease Research, the Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, 600 Tianhe Road, Guangzhou, China
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- GuangDong Key Laboratory of Liver Disease Research, the Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, 600 Tianhe Road, Guangzhou, China.,Department of Infectious Diseases, the Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, 600 Tianhe Road, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Medical Ultrasonics, the Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, 600 Tianhe Road, Guangzhou, 510630, China.,GuangDong Key Laboratory of Liver Disease Research, the Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, 600 Tianhe Road, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Physiology and Biomedical Engineering, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN, 55905, USA
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- GuangDong Key Laboratory of Liver Disease Research, the Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, 600 Tianhe Road, Guangzhou, China. .,Department of Infectious Diseases, the Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, 600 Tianhe Road, Guangzhou, China.
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- Department of Medical Ultrasonics, the Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, 600 Tianhe Road, Guangzhou, 510630, China. .,GuangDong Key Laboratory of Liver Disease Research, the Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, 600 Tianhe Road, Guangzhou, China.
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Kim TH, Yang HK, Jang HJ, Yoo SJ, Khalili K, Kim TK. Abdominal imaging findings in adult patients with Fontan circulation. Insights Imaging 2018; 9:357-367. [PMID: 29623675 PMCID: PMC5991003 DOI: 10.1007/s13244-018-0609-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2017] [Revised: 02/04/2018] [Accepted: 02/12/2018] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Abstract The Fontan procedures, designed to treat paediatric patients with functional single ventricles, have markedly improved the patient’s survival into adulthood. The physiology of the Fontan circuit inevitably increases systemic venous pressure, which may lead to multi-system organ failure in the long-term follow-up. Fontan-associated liver disease (FALD) can progress to liver cirrhosis with signs of portal hypertension. Focal nodular hyperplasia-like nodules commonly develop in FALD. Imaging surveillance is often performed to monitor the progression of FALD and to detect hepatocellular carcinoma, which infrequently develops in FALD. Other abdominal abnormalities in post-Fontan patients include protein losing enteropathy and pheochromocytoma/paraganglioma. Given that these abdominal abnormalities are critical for patient management, it is important for radiologists to become familiar with the abdominal abnormalities that are common in post-Fontan patients on cross-sectional imaging. Teaching points • Fontan procedure for functional single ventricle has improved patient survival into adulthood. • Radiologists should be familiar with unique imaging findings of Fontan-associated liver disease. • Focal nodular hyperplasia-like nodules commonly develop in Fontan-associated liver disease. • Hepatocellular carcinoma, protein-losing enteropathy, pheochromocytoma/paraganglioma may develop. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1007/s13244-018-0609-2) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Tae-Hyung Kim
- Department of Radiology, Seoul National University Hospital, 101 Daehak-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul, 03080, South Korea.,Department of Radiology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, 103 Daehak-ro, Jongnogu, Seoul, 03080, South Korea
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- Department of Medical Imaging, Toronto General Hospital, 585 University Avenue, Toronto, ON, M5G 2N2, Canada
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- Department of Medical Imaging, Toronto General Hospital, 585 University Avenue, Toronto, ON, M5G 2N2, Canada
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- Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Avenue, Toronto, ON, M5J2L4, Canada
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- Department of Medical Imaging, Toronto General Hospital, 585 University Avenue, Toronto, ON, M5G 2N2, Canada
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- Department of Medical Imaging, Toronto General Hospital, 585 University Avenue, Toronto, ON, M5G 2N2, Canada.
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Bae JM, Jeon TY, Kim JS, Kim S, Hwang SM, Yoo SY, Kim JH. Fontan-associated liver disease: Spectrum of US findings. Eur J Radiol 2016; 85:850-6. [PMID: 26971434 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2016.02.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2015] [Revised: 01/25/2016] [Accepted: 02/02/2016] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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PURPOSE To describe ultrasonography (US) findings of Fontan-associated liver disease (FALD) and to determine whether screening US examinations can identify FALD before biochemical hepatic dysfunction. METHODS This retrospective study included 55 patients who underwent Fontan procedure over a 20-year period. Hepatobiliary US findings (n=55), CT or MRI findings (n=19), biochemical hepatic function tests (n=49), and histopathological results (n=4) were analyzed. Images were reviewed focusing on the hepatic parenchymal changes, presence of focal lesions, and signs of portal hypertension. RESULTS Hepatic parenchymal changes (either heterogeneous echotexture or surface nodularity) evident on US were present in 67% (37/55) and showed positive correlation with the Fontan duration. Hyper-echoic lesions were noted in 35% (19/55) and showed a predilection for multiplicity, small size, right lobe location, and irregular margin on high-frequency transducer. These lesions were not demonstrated by CT or MRI or by low-frequency transducer. Histopathological results of targeted biopsy for hyper-echoic lesions revealed lesser degree of patchy sinusoidal and portal fibrosis than seen in cases with surface nodularity. Abnormal parenchymal enhancement was commonly seen with CT or MRI in 63% (12/19) and hypervascular nodules in 21% (4/19). Most patients (82%, 40/49) showed normal biochemical hepatic function tests, despite the presence of hepatic parenchymal changes on imaging. CONCLUSION The common US findings of FALD included heterogeneous parenchymal echotexture, surface nodularity, and hyper-echoic lesions. We suggest that hyper-echoic lesions without surface nodularity detected by high-frequency transducer may represent the early stage of fibrosis. US examination may be useful for identifying the progression of FALD before biochemical hepatic dysfunction.
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- Jung Min Bae
- Department of Radiology and Center for Imaging Science, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul 135-710, South Korea
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- Department of Radiology and Center for Imaging Science, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul 135-710, South Korea.
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- Department of Pathology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul 135-710, South Korea
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- Department of Pathology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul 135-710, South Korea
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- Department of Radiology and Center for Imaging Science, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul 135-710, South Korea
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- Department of Radiology and Center for Imaging Science, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul 135-710, South Korea
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- Department of Radiology and Center for Imaging Science, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul 135-710, South Korea
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Diagnostic Value of Conventional and Doppler Ultrasound Findings in Liver Fibrosis in Patients with Chronic Viral Hepatitis. J Med Ultrasound 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jmu.2014.10.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Zheng J, Guo H, Zeng J, Huang Z, Zheng B, Ren J, Xu E, Li K, Zheng R. Two-dimensional shear-wave elastography and conventional US: the optimal evaluation of liver fibrosis and cirrhosis. Radiology 2015; 275:290-300. [PMID: 25575116 DOI: 10.1148/radiol.14140828] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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PURPOSE To evaluate the individual and combined performances of two-dimensional (2D) shear-wave elastography (SWE) and conventional ultrasonography (US) in assessing liver fibrosis and cirrhosis to determine when 2D SWE should be added to routine US. MATERIALS AND METHODS This prospective study was approved by the institutional ethics committee, and the patients provided written informed consent. Between April 2012 and March 2013, conventional US and 2D SWE examinations were performed in 198 patients (mean age, 37.7 years; age range, 18-67 years) with chronic liver disease. Liver biopsy was used as a reference standard for 167 patients; the other 31 patients had decompensated liver cirrhosis. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves were obtained to assess the diagnostic performance. Differences between the areas under the ROC curves (AUCs) were compared by using a Delong test. RESULTS Two-dimensional SWE was significantly superior to US in diagnosis of significant fibrosis (score of F2 or greater) (AUC, 0.862 vs 0.725; P = .001) and early cirrhosis (score of F4) (AUC, 0.926 vs 0.789; P = .007). Combining 2D SWE with US did not increase the performance of depicting either significant fibrosis or liver cirrhosis (P = .713 and 0.410, respectively) relative to 2D SWE alone. There was no significant difference between 2D SWE and US in diagnosis of decompensated cirrhosis (AUC, 0.878 vs 0.925; P = .323). In addition, combining 2D SWE with US did not increase the performance relative to that of US alone (P = .372). CONCLUSION Conventional US is sufficient to detect decompensated cirrhosis. Two-dimensional SWE is significantly superior to US in detecting liver fibrosis. Combining 2D SWE and US did not improve the diagnostic performance for either fibrosis or cirrhosis.
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- Jian Zheng
- From the Department of Medical Ultrasonics, Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, 600 Tianhe Road, Guangzhou, China
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Moon KM, Kim G, Baik SK, Choi E, Kim MY, Kim HA, Cho MY, Shin SY, Kim JM, Park HJ, Kwon SO, Eom YW. Ultrasonographic scoring system score versus liver stiffness measurement in prediction of cirrhosis. Clin Mol Hepatol 2013. [PMID: 24459644 DOI: 10.3350/cmh.2013.19.4.3890] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND/AIMS We compared the cirrhosis-prediction accuracy of an ultrasonographic scoring system (USSS) combining six representative sonographic indices with that of liver stiffness measurement (LSM) by transient elastography, and prospectively investigated the correlation between the USSS score and LSM in predicting cirrhosis. METHODS Two hundred and thirty patients with chronic liver diseases (187 men, 43 women; age, 50.4±9.5 y, mean±SD) were enrolled in this prospective study. The USSS produces a combined score for nodularity of the liver surface and edge, parenchyma echogenicity, presence of right-lobe atrophy, spleen size, splenic vein diameter, and abnormality of the hepatic vein waveform. The correlations of the USSS score and LSM with that of a pathological liver biopsy (METAVIR scoring system: F0-F4) were evaluated. RESULTS The mean USSS score and LSM were 7.2 and 38.0 kPa, respectively, in patients with histologically overt cirrhosis (F4, P=0.017) and 4.3 and 22.1 kPa in patients with fibrotic change without overt cirrhosis (F0-F3) (P=0.025). The areas under the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves of the USSS score and LSM for F4 patients were 0.849 and 0.729, respectively. On the basis of ROC curves, criteria of USSS ≥6: LSM ≥17.4 had a sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value, and accuracy of 89.2%:77.6%, 69.4%:61.4%, 86.5%:83.7%, 74.6%:51.9% and 0.83:0.73, respectively, in predicting F4. CONCLUSIONS The results indicate that this USSS has comparable efficacy to LSM in the diagnosis of cirrhosis.
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- Kyoung Min Moon
- Department of Internal Medicine, Konyang University College of Medicine, Daejeon, Korea
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- Department of Nursing, Keimyung University College of Nursing, Daegu, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, Korea. ; Cell Therapy and Tissue Engineering Center, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, Korea. ; Institute of Lifestyle Medicine, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, Korea
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- Institute of Lifestyle Medicine, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, Korea. ; Cell Therapy and Tissue Engineering Center, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, Korea. ; Institute of Lifestyle Medicine, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, Korea
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- Department of Pathology, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, Korea
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- Cell Therapy and Tissue Engineering Center, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, Korea
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Moon KM, Kim G, Baik SK, Choi E, Kim MY, Kim HA, Cho MY, Shin SY, Kim JM, Park HJ, Kwon SO, Eom YW. Ultrasonographic scoring system score versus liver stiffness measurement in prediction of cirrhosis. Clin Mol Hepatol 2013; 19:389-98. [PMID: 24459644 PMCID: PMC3894439 DOI: 10.3350/cmh.2013.19.4.389] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2013] [Revised: 11/06/2013] [Accepted: 11/12/2013] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Background/Aims We compared the cirrhosis-prediction accuracy of an ultrasonographic scoring system (USSS) combining six representative sonographic indices with that of liver stiffness measurement (LSM) by transient elastography, and prospectively investigated the correlation between the USSS score and LSM in predicting cirrhosis. Methods Two hundred and thirty patients with chronic liver diseases (187 men, 43 women; age, 50.4±9.5 y, mean±SD) were enrolled in this prospective study. The USSS produces a combined score for nodularity of the liver surface and edge, parenchyma echogenicity, presence of right-lobe atrophy, spleen size, splenic vein diameter, and abnormality of the hepatic vein waveform. The correlations of the USSS score and LSM with that of a pathological liver biopsy (METAVIR scoring system: F0-F4) were evaluated. Results The mean USSS score and LSM were 7.2 and 38.0 kPa, respectively, in patients with histologically overt cirrhosis (F4, P=0.017) and 4.3 and 22.1 kPa in patients with fibrotic change without overt cirrhosis (F0-F3) (P=0.025). The areas under the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves of the USSS score and LSM for F4 patients were 0.849 and 0.729, respectively. On the basis of ROC curves, criteria of USSS ≥6: LSM ≥17.4 had a sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value, and accuracy of 89.2%:77.6%, 69.4%:61.4%, 86.5%:83.7%, 74.6%:51.9% and 0.83:0.73, respectively, in predicting F4. Conclusions The results indicate that this USSS has comparable efficacy to LSM in the diagnosis of cirrhosis.
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- Kyoung Min Moon
- Department of Internal Medicine, Konyang University College of Medicine, Daejeon, Korea
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- Department of Nursing, Keimyung University College of Nursing, Daegu, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, Korea. ; Cell Therapy and Tissue Engineering Center, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, Korea. ; Institute of Lifestyle Medicine, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, Korea
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- Institute of Lifestyle Medicine, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, Korea. ; Cell Therapy and Tissue Engineering Center, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, Korea. ; Institute of Lifestyle Medicine, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, Korea
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- Department of Pathology, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, Korea
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- Cell Therapy and Tissue Engineering Center, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, Korea
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Evaluation of Chronic Liver Disease: Does Ultrasound Scoring Criteria Help? Int J Chronic Dis 2013; 2013:326231. [PMID: 26464843 PMCID: PMC4590937 DOI: 10.1155/2013/326231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2013] [Accepted: 07/25/2013] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Noninvasive approaches for assessment of liver histology include routine laboratory tests and radiological evaluation. The purpose of our study was to determine the utility of a simplified scoring system based on routinely evaluated ultrasound features for the evaluation of chronic liver disease and correlate it with the histological findings. For this cross-sectional analytical study the data was collected prospectively by nonprobability purposive sampling technique. The ultrasound variables/parameters and their assigned scoring system that was a modified version adopted from published literature were evaluated. Sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive values of the liver morphological score and combined score of liver morphology and sizes was determined using stage and grade as reference standard. Our results show a high sensitivity and PPV of liver morphological sonographic evaluation for the staging and grading of CLD respectively thus supporting it as a screening diagnostic strategy. Of the three liver morphology variables, specificity of liver surface evaluation was highest for the stage of fibrosis and grade of inflammation. The simplified ultrasound scoring system evaluated in our study is clinically relevant and reproducible for differentiating patients with CLD with mild or no fibrosis from moderate to severe fibrosis.
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Wang Y, Wu Z, Ju Y, Cao L, Shi L, Tong F, Jiang X, Zhu C. Tissue Doppler imaging and tissue strain imaging for the evaluation of hepatic fibrosis in patients with chronic hepatitis B. ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE & BIOLOGY 2013; 39:1527-1535. [PMID: 23791352 DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2013.02.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2012] [Revised: 02/16/2013] [Accepted: 02/20/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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We studied the feasibility of evaluating the stages of liver fibrosis with tissue Doppler imaging (TDI) and tissue strain imaging (TSI) for patients with chronic hepatitis B virus infection. One hundred ten patients were divided into two groups: normal adult group (n = 38) and chronic liver disease group (n = 72, patients infected with HBVs). The chronic liver disease group was divided into three subgroups on the basis of the Scheuer scoring system and clinical evidence: mild fibrosis (S0 and S1, n = 11), moderate fibrosis (S2 and S3, n = 27) and cirrhosis (S4 and clinically typical cirrhosis, n = 34) groups. TDI was performed for a chosen oblique section. Four regions of interest (ROIs), A-D, were chosen in the hepatic parenchyma based on the direction of propagation from the heart to the liver. Strain rate curves were obtained on the basis of TDI and TSI findings. Strain peak rates (SPRs) of all ROIs and the differences in times to SPRs for the four ROIs (TA-B, TB-C and TC-D) in the hepatic parenchyma were measured with TDI and TSI. Strain rate curves were analyzed for each ROI. The strain rate curves for the normal adult group were synchronous, whereas those for the chronic liver disease group were asynchronous. SPRs of the ROIs gradually decreased with the progression of liver fibrosis. The SPRs of ROI B significantly correlated with chronic liver disease severity (r = 0.991, p < 0.05). Areas under the curve (AUCs) of the ROI A and ROI B SPRs at the moderate fibrosis and cirrhosis stages were 0.86 ± 0.06, 0.81 ± 0.56 and 0.90 ± 0.65, 0.92 ± 0.04, respectively. The AUC of the SPRs of ROIs A and B correlated better than the platelet/age/phosphatase/α-fetoprotein/aspartate aminotransferase (PAPAS) index for advanced fibrosis. The differences in time to SPRs among the peaks of the four ROIs (TA-B, TB-C and TC-D) gradually increased with the progression of liver fibrosis. TDI and TSI with quantitative measurements using tissue Doppler analysis software (TDIQ, GE Medical Systems, Horten, Norway) provided reliable information for evaluating non-invasive liver fibrosis in patients with chronic hepatitis B.
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- Ying Wang
- Department of Ultrasonography, Clinical Medical College of Yangzhou University, Jiangsu, China
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Ribeiro R, Marinho RT, Sanches JM. Cirrhosis Prognostic Quantification with Ultrasound: An Approximation to Model for End-Stage Liver Disease. PATTERN RECOGNITION AND IMAGE ANALYSIS 2013. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-38628-2_65] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Ribeiro RT, Marinho RT, Sanches JM. Classification and staging of chronic liver disease from multimodal data. IEEE Trans Biomed Eng 2012; 60:1336-44. [PMID: 23268381 DOI: 10.1109/tbme.2012.2235438] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Chronic liver disease (CLD) is most of the time an asymptomatic, progressive, and ultimately potentially fatal disease. In this study, an automatic hierarchical procedure to stage CLD using ultrasound images, laboratory tests, and clinical records are described. The first stage of the proposed method, called clinical based classifier (CBC), discriminates healthy from pathologic conditions. When nonhealthy conditions are detected, the method refines the results in three exclusive pathologies in a hierarchical basis: 1) chronic hepatitis; 2) compensated cirrhosis; and 3) decompensated cirrhosis. The features used as well as the classifiers (Bayes, Parzen, support vector machine, and k -nearest neighbor) are optimally selected for each stage. A large multimodal feature database was specifically built for this study containing 30 chronic hepatitis cases, 34 compensated cirrhosis cases, and 36 decompensated cirrhosis cases, all validated after histopathologic analysis by liver biopsy. The CBC classification scheme outperformed the nonhierachical one against all scheme, achieving an overall accuracy of 98.67% for the normal detector, 87.45% for the chronic hepatitis detector, and 95.71% for the cirrhosis detector.
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- Ricardo T Ribeiro
- Institute for Systems and Robotics, the Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal.
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Leão J, Brock M, Castilho M, Scariot A, Scariot A, Braga W. Non-invasive assessment of fibrosis using color Doppler ultrasound in patients with hepatitis C virus in the Amazon rainforest, Brazil. Am J Trop Med Hyg 2012; 86:273-9. [PMID: 22302863 DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2012.11-0561] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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The purpose of this study was to correlate morphologic and hemodynamic Doppler ultrasound findings as indicators of the degree of inflammation and fibrosis and to diagnose chronic vital hepatitis complications and progression. A prospective, descriptive study of a case series was conducted that analyzed Doppler ultrasound images of the liver and portal system and used the portal vein congestion index, hepatic and splenic artery impedance indices, and the liver vascular index. Of 50 patients positive for antibodies against hepatitis C virus, morphologic changes highlighted increased hepatic parenchyma echogenicity in 24%, and increased gall blander echogenicity and wall thickness in 4%. The most common hemodynamic changes observed were reduced flow velocity in the portal vein trunk in 26%, congestion index changes in 12%, liver vascular index changes in 16%, and splenic and hepatic artery impedance index changes in 14%. These indices were shown to be associated with alanine aminotransferase levels, which suggested that they are important liver damage indicators in the early phase of infection with hepatitis C virus.
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- Jorge Leão
- Universidade do Estado do Amazonas, Fundação de Medicina Tropical Heitor Vieira Dourado, Gerência de Virologia, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil.
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Chow AM, Gao DS, Fan SJ, Qiao Z, Lee FY, Yang J, Man K, Wu EX. Liver fibrosis: An intravoxel incoherent motion (IVIM) study. J Magn Reson Imaging 2012; 36:159-67. [DOI: 10.1002/jmri.23607] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2011] [Accepted: 01/10/2012] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Acoustic liver biopsy in patients with hepatitis C and advanced liver fibrosis using endoscopic ultrasound. Dig Dis Sci 2011; 56:3053-7. [PMID: 21455673 DOI: 10.1007/s10620-011-1670-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2010] [Accepted: 03/08/2011] [Indexed: 12/09/2022]
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BACKGROUND Transabdominal ultrasound cannot be used to quantitate fibrosis in patients with advanced liver fibrosis due to variability in the abdominal wall thickness and composition. This variability can be eliminated by using endoscopic ultrasound. AIM The purpose of this study was to determine the amount of fibrosis in the liver of hepatitis C patients with advanced fibrosis using endoscopic ultrasound. METHODS Endoscopic ultrasound images of the liver were recorded by keeping the gain, contrast, frequency, magnification and acoustic power constant on the ultrasound processor. Videotaped images of the liver were digitized on Image-Pro Plus software. Using adobe Photoshop, a histogram was produced to quantitate the luminosity of the five areas of interest per image. Quantification of the ultrasound images were done by two independent investigators blinded to the Ishak liver fibrosis score. The mean luminosity of the ultrasound images were compared with the Ishak fibrosis score. The study was performed in seven patients (mean age 54 years; 3 male, 4 female) with hepatitis C and advanced liver fibrosis. RESULTS The correlation between the two independent investigators for the ultrasound images was 0.93. The correlation between the mean luminosity on ultrasound images to the Ishak fibrosis score was r = 0.77, r = 0.72 and r = 0.73 for the most hyperechoic area of interest, total hyperechoic area and for the entire liver, respectively. CONCLUSION A new technique was developed that uses endoscopic ultrasound to evaluate the degree of fibrosis in patients with advanced liver fibrosis. There is a good correlation between the luminosity on endoscopic ultrasound and the Ishak fibrosis score.
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Matsuoka MW, Oliveira IRSD, Widman A, Zanoto A, Kodaira SK, Marinho LE, Jacob Filho W, Cerri GG. Contribuição da ultrassonografia para o diagnóstico das alterações histopatológicas presentes na hepatite C crônica, com ênfase na esteatose hepática: Parte I. Radiol Bras 2011. [DOI: 10.1590/s0100-39842011000300004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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OBJETIVO: Avaliar a contribuição da ultrassonografia no estudo das alterações histopatológicas encontradas na hepatite crônica pelo vírus C, com ênfase para a esteatose hepática. MATERIAIS E MÉTODOS: Foram comparados os resultados dos exames ultrassonográficos do fígado de 192 pacientes portadores de hepatite crônica pelo vírus C, com os achados histopatológicos dos fragmentos obtidos por biópsia hepática. Todos os exames ultrassonográficos obedeceram a um mesmo protocolo, sendo analisados os seguintes critérios: ecogenicidade, ecotextura e atenuação. Os pacientes foram agrupados considerando-se os com alterações ultrassonográficas e os sem alterações ultrassonográficas, sendo comparados com as alterações histopatológicas presentes. RESULTADOS: Entre as alterações histopatológicas presentes, apenas os graus 0 e 3 de alteração arquitetural e a esteatose hepática apresentaram diferença estatística significante entre os dois grupos. Dentre os critérios ultrassonográficos avaliados, a atenuação foi o que apresentou melhor correlação com a esteatose hepática. CONCLUSÃO: Os resultados do trabalho demonstraram que, em pacientes com hepatite crônica pelo vírus C, a ultrassonografia apresentou limitações à caracterização das alterações histopatológicas, apresentando concordância regular com o diagnóstico de esteatose hepática. Destaca-se a capacidade do método em mostrar a probabilidade de inexistência de esteatose hepática, tendo em vista a especificidade de 77,9% e o valor preditivo negativo de 95,5%.
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- Universidade de São Paulo, Brasil; Instituto do Câncer do Estado de São Paulo, Brasil
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Ahmad W, Ijaz B, Gull S, Asad S, Khaliq S, Jahan S, Sarwar MT, Kausar H, Sumrin A, Shahid I, Hassan S. A brief review on molecular, genetic and imaging techniques for HCV fibrosis evaluation. Virol J 2011; 8:53. [PMID: 21299910 PMCID: PMC3041775 DOI: 10.1186/1743-422x-8-53] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2011] [Accepted: 02/08/2011] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Background Chronic HCV is one of the major causes of morbidity and mortality in the present day world. The assessment of disease progression not only provides useful information for diagnosis and therapeutic supervision judgment but also for monitoring disease. Different invasive and non invasive methods are applied to diagnose the disease from initial to end stage (mild fibrosis to cirrhosis). Although, liver biopsy is still considered as gold standard to identify liver histological stages, an assessment of the disease development based on non-invasive clinical findings is also emerging and this may replace the need of biopsy in near future. This review gives brief insight on non-invasive methods currently available for predicting liver fibrosis in HCV with their current pros and cons to make easier for a clinician to choose better marker to assess liver fibrosis in HCV infected patients. Methods More than 200 studies regarding invasive and noninvasive markers available for HCV liver disease diagnosis were thoroughly reviewed. We examined year wise results of these markers based on their sensitivity, specificity, PPV, NPV and AUROCs. Results We found that in all non-invasive serum markers for HCV, FibroTest, Forn's Index, Fibrometer and HepaScore have high five-year predictive value but with low AUROCs (0.60~0.85) and are not comparable to liver biopsy (AUROC = 0.97). Even though from its beginning, Fibroscan is proved to be best with high AUROCs (> 0.90) in all studies, no single noninvasive marker is able to differentiate all fibrosis stages from end stage cirrhosis. Meanwhile, specific genetic markers may not only discriminate fibrotic and cirrhotic liver but also differentiate individual fibrosis stages. Conclusions There is a need of marker which accurately determines the stage based on simplest routine laboratory test. Genetic marker in combination of imaging technique may be the better non invasive diagnostic method in future.
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- Waqar Ahmad
- Applied and Functional Genomics Laboratory, Centre of Excellence in Molecular Biology, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan
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Nievelstein RAJ, Robben SGF, Blickman JG. Hepatobiliary and pancreatic imaging in children-techniques and an overview of non-neoplastic disease entities. Pediatr Radiol 2011; 41:55-75. [PMID: 20967540 PMCID: PMC3016234 DOI: 10.1007/s00247-010-1858-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2010] [Revised: 08/10/2010] [Accepted: 08/30/2010] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Imaging plays a major role in the diagnostic work-up of children with hepatobiliary or pancreatic diseases. It consists mainly of US, CT and MRI, with US and MRI being the preferred imaging modalities because of the lack of ionizing radiation. In this review the technique of US, CT and MRI in children will be addressed, followed by a comprehensive overview of the imaging characteristics of several hepatobiliary and pancreatic disease entities most common in the paediatric age group.
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- Rutger A. J. Nievelstein
- Department of Radiology E01.132, University Medical Center Utrecht, Wilhelmina Children’s Hospital, P.O. Box 85500, 3508 GA Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology, University Medical Center Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Imaging Sciences, Golisano Children’s Hospital, Rochester, NY USA
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Evaluation of virtual CT sonography for enhanced detection of small hepatic nodules: a prospective pilot study. AJR Am J Roentgenol 2010; 194:1272-8. [PMID: 20410414 DOI: 10.2214/ajr.08.2294] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Virtual CT sonography is a system for synchronizing multiplanar reconstructed CT scans with corresponding conventional ultrasound images in real time. The aim of this study was to prospectively evaluate the feasibility of virtual CT sonography for detection of nodules difficult to detect with conventional sonography alone. SUBJECTS AND METHODS Fifty-nine patients with 140 nodules were included in the study. All patients underwent CT angiography then conventional sonography and finally virtual CT sonography. The number, location, and echogenicity of nodules and parenchyma were assessed. RESULTS Among 140 nodules detected with CT angiography, 71 were detected with conventional sonography and another 46 were detected with virtual CT sonography, increasing the overall sensitivity from 50.7% to 83.57%. The average diameter of nodules detected only with virtual CT sonography (9.7 +/- 3.3 mm) was significantly smaller than that of nodules detected with conventional sonography (16.6 +/- 6.2 mm). The results of multivariate analysis suggested that nodule size (p < 0.001), echo pattern (p = 0.004), and location (p = 0.028) are associated with the difference in detection. Interestingly, 87% of the nodules 10 mm in diameter or smaller were already dysplastic or malignant. CONCLUSION Nodules 10 mm in diameter or smaller have significant malignant potential and therefore are clinically important. Even though we do not consider virtual CT sonography a screening tool, we conclude it superior to conventional sonography for detection of small hepatic nodules, allowing bedside percutaneous ultrasound-guided biopsy and treatment that would not be possible with conventional sonography alone.
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Abdelmoneim SS, Talwalkar J, Sethi S, Kamath P, Fathalla MMF, Kipp BR, Campion MB, Clayton AC, Halling KC, Shah VH. A prospective pilot study of circulating endothelial cells as a potential new biomarker in portal hypertension. Liver Int 2010; 30:191-7. [PMID: 19840257 PMCID: PMC2868113 DOI: 10.1111/j.1478-3231.2009.02132.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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BACKGROUND/AIMS Peripheral circulating endothelial cells (CEC) have been proposed as a prognostic marker in cardiovascular diseases. Cirrhosis and portal hypertension are associated with vascular injury yet little is known about CEC count in these conditions. Therefore, we evaluated CEC count in patients with cirrhosis, and correlated it with markers of portal hypertension/disease severity. PATIENTS/METHODS Fifteen patients with cirrhosis/portal hypertension and 15 matched controls were prospectively recruited for study participation. An automated rare cell analysis system was used to enumerate CEC from peripheral blood and correlated with clinical features. RESULTS Median CEC levels were significantly higher in patients with cirrhosis as compared with controls (median [interquartile range (IQR)]; cirrhosis: 73.7 cells/4 ml [53.7-140.3]; controls: 28.7 cells/4 ml [21-58.7]; P=0.021). Ratio of CEC to platelet count (CEC/PC) also distinguished patients with cirrhosis from controls (IQR; cirrhosis: 0.723 [0.396-1.672]; controls: 0.126 [0.103-0.333]; P<0.001). Receiver operator characteristic analysis revealed that CEC cut-off of 42 cells/4 ml showed sensitivity of 87% and specificity of 74% for differentiating cirrhosis from controls (AUC: 0.74), while CEC/PC ratio at 0.21 showed sensitivity of 100% and specificity of 73% (AUC: 0.89). Furthermore, CEC/PC index was significantly elevated in patients with hepatic decompensation as defined by Child B/C (P<0.05). The intra- and interobserver variability correlation coefficients for CEC measurement were 0.9989 and 0.9986 respectively. CONCLUSION Median CEC count and CEC/PC ratio are significantly elevated in patients with cirrhosis, with CEC/PC also increased in patients with decompensated cirrhosis. These data provide rationale for larger validation studies to assess if CEC may have prognostic utility in patients with cirrhosis and portal hypertension.
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- Soha S. Abdelmoneim
- Gastroenterology Research Unit, Department of Physiology, Advanced Liver Disease Study Group, Fiterman Center for Digestive Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
,Department of Tropical Medicine and Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt
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- Gastroenterology Research Unit, Department of Physiology, Advanced Liver Disease Study Group, Fiterman Center for Digestive Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
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- Gastroenterology Research Unit, Department of Physiology, Advanced Liver Disease Study Group, Fiterman Center for Digestive Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
,Department of Internal Medicine, Wayne State University/Detroit Medical Center, Detroit, MI
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- Gastroenterology Research Unit, Department of Physiology, Advanced Liver Disease Study Group, Fiterman Center for Digestive Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
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- Gastroenterology Research Unit, Department of Physiology, Advanced Liver Disease Study Group, Fiterman Center for Digestive Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
,Department of Tropical Medicine and Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt
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- Gastroenterology Research Unit, Department of Physiology, Advanced Liver Disease Study Group, Fiterman Center for Digestive Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
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Evaluation of hepatic perfusion and function with modified hepatobiliary scintigraphy. Comput Med Imaging Graph 2009; 33:182-6. [DOI: 10.1016/j.compmedimag.2008.11.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2008] [Revised: 11/19/2008] [Accepted: 11/24/2008] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Bonekamp S, Kamel I, Solga S, Clark J. Can imaging modalities diagnose and stage hepatic fibrosis and cirrhosis accurately? J Hepatol 2009; 50:17-35. [PMID: 19022517 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2008.10.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 149] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The accurate diagnosis and staging of hepatic fibrosis is crucial for prognosis and treatment of liver disease. The current gold standard, liver biopsy, cannot be used for population-based screening, and has well known drawbacks if used for monitoring of disease progression or treatment success. Our objective was to assess performance and promise of radiologic modalities and techniques as alternative, noninvasive assessment of hepatic fibrosis. A systematic review was conducted. Six hundred twenty-eight studies were identified via electronic search. One hundred fifty-three papers were reviewed. Most described techniques that could differentiate between cirrhosis or severe fibrosis and normal liver. Accurate staging of fibrosis or diagnosis of mild fibrosis was often not achievable. Ultrasonography is the most common modality used in the diagnosis and staging of hepatic fibrosis. Elastographic measurements, either ultrasonography-based or magnetic resonance-based, and magnetic resonance diffusion weighted imaging, show the most promise for accurate staging of hepatic fibrosis. Most currently available imaging techniques can detect cirrhosis or significant fibrosis reasonably accurately. However, to date only magnetic resonance elastography has been able to stage fibrosis or diagnose mild disease. Utrasonographic elastography and magnetic resonance diffusion weighted appear next most promising.
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- Susanne Bonekamp
- Department of Radiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
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Andanappa HK, Dai Q, Korimilli A, Panganamamula K, Friedenberg F, Miller L. Acoustic liver biopsy using endoscopic ultrasound. Dig Dis Sci 2008; 53:1078-83. [PMID: 18270828 DOI: 10.1007/s10620-008-0211-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2005] [Accepted: 02/17/2005] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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BACKGROUND Transabdominal ultrasound cannot be used to quantitate fibrosis in patients with cirrhosis because of variability in the abdominal wall thickness and variability in the components of the abdominal wall (fat versus muscle). Endoscopic ultrasound through the gastric wall is always at a constant distance, approximately 3 mm, away from the liver when the transducer is just below the gastroesophageal junction, thereby eliminating this variability. PURPOSE To differentiate between cirrhotic and noncirrhotic liver using endoluminal ultrasound. METHODS Eleven patients without known liver disease and eight patients with cirrhosis underwent endoscopic ultrasound using an Olympus linear ultrasound scope. The gain, contrast, frequency, and acoustic power were kept constant on the Aloka ultrasound processor. Videotaped images of the liver were recorded and then digitized on Image-Pro Plus software. The brightness of the image was adjusted to a standard brightness for each image and an area of interest was chosen using Photoshop 7.0. Vessels and artifacts were eliminated digitally and a histogram was produced using Photoshop to quantitate the pixel density for the area of interest from 0 (black) to 255 (white). Approximately 250,000 pixels were evaluated for each subject. The mean +/- standard deviation (SD) pixel density of the noncirrhotic subjects was evaluated against the cirrhotic patients using a Student unpaired t-test. RESULTS The mean echogenecity in patients with cirrhosis was 116.85 and the mean echogenecity in patients without cirrhosis was 92.75 (P < 0.002). The mean standard deviation of the pixel density in patients with cirrhosis was 19.08 and the mean standard deviation of the pixel density in patients without cirrhosis was 13.25 (P < 0.0004). Using these criteria the subjects with cirrhosis were segregated from the noncirrhotic subjects (normal subjects and the subjects with steatosis) with 100% sensitivity and 100% specificity. CONCLUSION A new method of evaluating the liver parenchyma (acoustic liver biopsy) that takes advantage of the proximity of the endoscopic ultrasound transducer to the liver and uses commercial image analysis technology that is inexpensive and widely available was developed. This is a preliminary study of this new technology, which demonstrates that endoscopic ultrasound, can be standardized in order to image, analyze, and compare the mean echogenecity and mean standard deviation of the pixel density in the liver in order to distinguish cirrhotic patients from patients without cirrhosis.
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- Hemanth K Andanappa
- Section of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Temple University Hospital, 3401 N Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA
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Su ZZ, Shan H, Ke WM, He BJ, Zheng RQ. Portalsystemic hemodynamic changes in chronic severe hepatitis B: An ultrasonographic study. World J Gastroenterol 2008; 14:795-9. [PMID: 18205274 PMCID: PMC2684011 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.14.795] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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AIM: To evaluate portalsystemic hemodynamic changes in chronic severe hepatitis B.
METHODS: Hemodynamic parameters included portal vein diameter (PVD), portal vein peak velocity (PVPV), portal vein volume (PVV), spleen length (SPL), spleen vein diameter (SPVD), spleen vein volume (SPVV) and umbilical vein recanalization. They were measured by Color Doppler ultrasonography in 36 patients with chronic severe hepatitis B, compared with 51 normal controls, 61 patients with chronic hepatitis B, 46 patients with compensable cirrhosis, and 36 patients with decompensable cirrhosis.
RESULTS: In the group of chronic severe hepatitis B, PVD (12.38 ± 1.23 mm) was significantly different from the normal control, compensable cirrhosis and decompensable cirrhosis groups (P = 0.000-0.026), but not significantly different from the chronic hepatitis group. PVPV (16.15 ± 3.82 cm/s) dropped more significantly in the chronic severe hepatitis B group than the normal control, chronic hepatitis B and compensable cirrhosis groups (P = 0.000-0.011). PVV (667.53 ± 192.83 mL/min) dropped significantly as compared with the four comparison groups (P = 0.000-0.004). SPL (120.42 ± 18.36 mm) and SPVD (7.52 ± 1.52 mm) were longer in the normal control and chronic hepatitis B groups (P = 0.000-0.009), yet they were significantly shorter than those in the decompensable cirrhosis group (P = 0.000). SPVV (242.51 ± 137.70 mL/min) was also lower than the decompensable cirrhosis group (P = 0.000). The umbilical vein recanalization rate (75%) was higher than the chronic hepatitis B and compensable cirrhosis groups. In the course of progression from chronic hepatitis to decompensable cirrhosis, PVD, SPL and SPVD gradually increased and showed significant differences between every two groups (P = 0.000-0.002).
CONCLUSION: Patients with chronic severe hepatitis B have a tendency to develop acute portal hypertension, resulting in significantly reduced portal vein perfusion. Observation of the portalsystemic hemodynamic changes may be contributed to the disease progression of chronic liver disease.
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Gutierrez-Reyes G, Gutierrez-Ruiz MC, Kershenobich D. Liver fibrosis and chronic viral hepatitis. Arch Med Res 2007; 38:644-51. [PMID: 17613356 DOI: 10.1016/j.arcmed.2006.10.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2006] [Accepted: 10/02/2006] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Liver fibrosis results from chronic damage to the liver in conjunction with the progressive accumulation of fibrillar extracellular matrix proteins. Fibrosis progression in patients with chronic viral hepatitis is a dynamic process where hepatic stellate cells, the most important contributor cell type, respond to a variety of host genetic factors and viral proteins. The abuse of alcohol, superimposed fatty liver disease, and age at the time of viral infection are some of the factors that accelerate liver fibrosis. Liver biopsy remains the gold standard to diagnose fibrosis and significant advances have been made to develop noninvasive markers for liver fibrosis.
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- Gabriela Gutierrez-Reyes
- Departamento de Medicina Experimental, Hospital General de México, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F., México.
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Hsiao TJ, Liao HWC, Hsieh PS, Wong RH. Risk of betel quid chewing on the development of liver cirrhosis: a community-based case-control study. Ann Epidemiol 2007; 17:479-85. [PMID: 17448681 DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2006.12.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2006] [Revised: 11/23/2006] [Accepted: 12/05/2006] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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PURPOSE The role of betel quid on the development of liver cirrhosis is unclear; we thus designed a community-based case-control study to evaluate the association between betel quid chewing and liver cirrhosis. METHODS A total of 42 cases of liver cirrhosis and 165 matched controls were included for analysis. Questionnaires were administered to obtain histories of betel quid chewing, alcohol consumption, smoking, and family history of liver disease. Hepatitis B surface antigen and anti-hepatitis C antibody were also determined by immunoassay. RESULTS Individuals with more betel quid chewing (more than 55 quid-years vs. less than 55 quid-years and never-chewers, matched odds ratio [OR(m)] = 2.2; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.0-5.0) had higher risks for liver cirrhosis. The combined effects on liver cirrhosis by betel quid chewing and the number of other risk factors, including hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, smoking, and alcohol drinking, were also observed. When individuals with less betel quid chewing (less than 55 quid-years and never-chewers) and with no other risk factors used as a reference, betel quid chewers expressing greater betel quid chewing (more than 55 quid-years) and more risk factors of HBV infection, cigarette smoking, and habitual alcohol drinking expressed a greater risk of liver cirrhosis (OR(m) = 70.8; 95% CI: 4.0-1260.1). CONCLUSIONS Our results suggest that betel quid chewing may play an important role in the development of hepatic cirrhosis. Larger study and cohort studies would be necessary to provide further evidence regarding this finding.
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- Tun-Jen Hsiao
- Department of Public Health, College of Health Care and Management, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
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Schacherer D, Schuh C, Strauch U, Ehrenstein B, Wiest R, Schölmerich J, Schlottmann K, Klebl F. Improvement in the routine diagnostic assessment of the liver by high-resolution sonography: an analysis of 999 cases. Scand J Gastroenterol 2007; 42:366-73. [PMID: 17354117 DOI: 10.1080/00365520600979831] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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OBJECTIVE High-frequency ultrasound transducers have been helpful in certain settings of transabdominal ultrasound examination, and their role in the evaluation of the liver surface in patients with cirrhosis is well documented. However, their value in the routine assessment of the liver has not yet been analysed systematically. The aim of this pilot study was to clarify whether the additional use of high-frequency ultrasound as compared to the standard 3.5 MHz-transducer is of any benefit. MATERIAL AND METHODS A total of 999 patients from a tertiary care medical centre were examined with a wideband 3.5 MHz- and a high-frequency transducer (band width 4.5 to 10 MHz) with tissue harmonic imaging using one of two high-end ultrasound machines (Siemens Sonoline Elegra or Hitachi EUB-8500). Findings on hepatic pathologies were collected on a standardized documentation sheet and were evaluated using descriptive statistics. RESULTS In all, 948 patients showed a plain liver surface when the 3.5 MHz transducer was used, whereas this was only true for 862 patients examined with the high-frequency probe. Using the 7.5 MHz probe, the structure of the liver parenchyma appeared to be homogeneous (n=800; 80.1%) less often than when the 3.5 MHz probe (n=822; 82.3%) was used. More cases of liver cirrhosis were suspected with the high-frequency probe (n=66; 6.6% as compared with n=49; 4.9%). In 85 patients (8.5%) new hepatic pathologies were described which had not been detected with the 3.5 MHz probe. The examiners judged the high-frequency examination to be helpful in 284 cases. The time needed for the additional examination ranged between 0.5 and 10 min (mean: 2.2 min). CONCLUSIONS This study demonstrates that the additional use of a high-frequency transducer during routine abdominal examinations reveals new hepatic pathologies in a significant proportion of examined patients, without substantial prolongation of the overall examination period.
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- Doris Schacherer
- Department of Internal Medicine I, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany.
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Shen L, Li JQ, Zeng MD, Lu LG, Fan ST, Bao H. Correlation between ultrasonographic and pathologic diagnosis of liver fibrosis due to chronic virus hepatitis. World J Gastroenterol 2006; 12:1292-5. [PMID: 16534888 PMCID: PMC4124446 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i8.1292] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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AIM: To evaluate the validity of ultrasonographic and pathologic diagnosis of liver fibrosis in patients with chronic viral hepatitis.
METHODS: The liver fibrosis status in 324 patients was evaluated by both needle biopsy and ultrasonography. Liver fibrosis was divided into S0 -S4 stages. S4 stage was designated as definite cirrhosis. The ultrasonographic examination included qualitative variables, description of liver surface and parenchyma, and quantitative parameters, such as diameter of vessels, blood flow velocity and spleen size.
RESULTS: Ultrasonographic qualitative description of liver surface and parenchyma was related with the severity of fibrosis. Among the quantitative ultrasonographic parameters, cut-off value of spleen length (12.1 cm) had a sensitivity of 0.600 and a specificity of 0.753 for diagnosis of liver cirrhosis. The diameters of spleen (8 mm) and portal vein (12 mm) had a diagnostic sensitivity of 0.600 and 0.767, and a diagnostic specificity of 0.781 and 0.446, respectively. The diagnostic accuracy for liver cirrhosis was moderately satisfactory, and the negative predictive values of these parameters reached near 0.95.
CONCLUSION: Ultrasonography can predict the degree of liver fibrosis or cirrhosis. A single ultrasonographic parameter is limited in sensitivity and specificity for the diagnosis of early cirrhosis. The presence or absence of liver cirrhosis in patients with chronic virus hepatitis can be detected using 2 or 3 quantitative and qualitative parameters, especially the length of spleen, the diameter of spleen vein and echo pattern of liver surface.
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- Lei Shen
- Department of Gastroenterology, Shanghai Second Medical University Renji Hospital, Shanghai Institute of Digestive Disease, Shanghai 200001, China.
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Yamada H, Ebara M, Yamaguchi T, Okabe S, Fukuda H, Yoshikawa M, Kishimoto T, Matsubara H, Hachiya H, Ishikura H, Saisho H. A pilot approach for quantitative assessment of liver fibrosis using ultrasound: preliminary results in 79 cases. J Hepatol 2006; 44:68-75. [PMID: 16271795 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2005.08.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2004] [Revised: 08/17/2005] [Accepted: 08/18/2005] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND/AIMS Ultrasound is noninvasive and useful to evaluate liver disease despite its operator dependency. This pilot study was conducted to quantitatively assess liver fibrosis using ultrasound. METHODS Fibrosis extraction ratios (FER) (fiber volume/total volume) of ultrasound and histological images of 8 autopsy specimens were compared. We also compared FER of ultrasound images from clinical patients (n=79) with histological fibrosis stages. RESULTS In the autopsy study, FER correlation coefficient between histological images and ultrasound images was 0.992. Regarding clinical patients, there was sufficient evidence to indicate differences in the distributions of FER for each fibrosis stage (Kruskal-Wallis test P<0.0001). With FER cut-off to distinguish > or =F2 from F0 and F1 defined as mean plus standard deviation of F0 and F1, sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value, and likelihood ratio were 62, 75, 78, 57%, and 2.47, respectively. Regarding HCV cohort (n=44), they were 55, 87, 89, 50%, and 4.14, respectively. Areas under receiver operating characteristic curves were 0.78, 0.79, 0.83 and 0.83 for > or =F1, > or =F2, > or =F3 and =F4, respectively. Regarding HCV cohort, they were 0.74, 0.71, 0.79 for > or =F2, > or =3 and =4, respectively. CONCLUSIONS The FER method has great potential for diagnosing liver fibrosis using ultrasound.
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- Hiroyuki Yamada
- Medicine and Clinical Oncology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuou-ku, Chiba 260-8670, Japan.
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Kitamura H, Kobayashi C. Impairment of change in diameter of the hepatic portion of the inferior vena cava: a sonographic sign of liver fibrosis or cirrhosis. JOURNAL OF ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE : OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE 2005; 24:355-361. [PMID: 15723848 DOI: 10.7863/jum.2005.24.3.355] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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OBJECTIVE We propose a new sonographic technique for detecting parenchymal stiffness of the liver. This technique measures the physiologic change in the diameter of the hepatic inferior vena cava (IVC). The hepatic portion of the IVC is extensively attached to the hepatic parenchyma so that changes in diameter of the venous lumen could not occur without changes in the shape of the surrounding parenchyma. Therefore, increased parenchymal stiffness due to cirrhosis or fibrosis may result in an impaired change in venous diameter. METHODS Thirty patients with histologically proven cirrhosis and 30 patients with normal livers were examined. A commercial ultrasound system was used in conjunction with a convex probe at a center frequency of 4.0 MHz. The major axis of the IVC was measured during normal breathing. The patients were then requested to take a deep breath to produce negative intrathoracic pressure, and the same measurement as that during normal breathing was repeated immediately. RESULTS In the normal liver group, the maximal diameter of the vena cava was 2.35 +/- 0.34 cm (mean +/- SD), and this was reduced by 1.30 +/- 0.67 cm (range, 0.4-2.85 cm) during deep inspiration. In the cirrhotic patient group, the maximal diameter was 1.74 +/- 0.35 cm, and this was reduced by 0.03 +/- 0.09 cm (range, 0.0-0.4 cm) (P < .0001). CONCLUSIONS The physiologic change in the diameter of the hepatic portion of the IVC enhanced by deep respiration may reflect the stiffness of hepatic parenchyma.
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- Hiroshi Kitamura
- Department of Surgery, National Hospital Organization Chushin Matsumoto National Hospital, 811 Kotobuki-toyooka, Matsumoto, Nagano 3900021, Japan.
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