DIAGNOSIS OF LIVER PATHOLOGY BY ULTRASOUND AT DMCH, LAHERIASARAI, BIHAR

Megha Jha, Hari Shankar Mishra, Ajit Kumar Chaudhary, Debarshi Jana
2020 INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH  
From many years ultrasonography (USG) is used to evaluate liver diseases. Common liver diseases like hepatomegaly, cirrhosis, fatty degeneration, metastatic deposition,liver abscesses. Ultrasound is non invasive, safe,effective, low-cost, time conserving and primary investigation for liver pathologies. Study objective was to ascertain ultrasound techniques assist in diagnosing different common liver pathological diseases. Material and Methods: 592 patients were selected from outpatient
more » ... ts with clinical suspicion of abdominal pathology. Total abdominal scans of all patients were performed by using 3-5MHz frequency convex transducer. Results: There were 243 patients with positive ultrasound findings revealed that 48%were clinically suspected having liver related common pathologies and 52 were not clinically suspected. Out of those remaining 349 were negative ultrasound 31 (11%) cases were clinically suspected. Conclusion: Ultrasonography allows for reliable and accurate detection of moderate-severe liver pathologies, compared to histology.
doi:10.36106/ijsr/6026094 fatcat:wmipb4hyofe2dep6wjyoohaqpa