Imaging Based Methods of Liver Fibrosis Assessment in Viral Hepatitis: A Practical Approach
Joint Authors
Khallafi, Hicham
Qureshi, Kamran
Source
Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Infectious Diseases
Issue
Vol. 2015, Issue 2015 (31 Dec. 2015), pp.1-10, 10 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2015-12-08
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
10
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Liver fibrosis represents the repair mechanism in liver injury and is a feature of most chronic liver diseases.
The degree of liver fibrosis in chronic viral hepatitis infections has major clinical implications and presence of advanced fibrosis or cirrhosis determines prognosis.
Treatment initiation for viral hepatitis is indicated in most cases of advanced liver fibrosis and diagnosis of cirrhosis entails hepatology evaluation for specialized clinical care.
Liver biopsy is an invasive technique and has been the standard of care of fibrosis assessment for years; however, it has several limitations and procedure related complications.
Recently, several methods of noninvasive assessment of liver fibrosis have been developed which require either serologic testing or imaging of liver.
Imaging based noninvasive techniques are reviewed here and their clinical use is described.
Some of the imaging based tests are becoming widely available, and collectively they are shown to be superior to liver biopsy in important aspects.
Clinical utilization of these methods requires understanding of performance and quality related parameters which can affect the results and provide wrong assessment of the extent of liver fibrosis.
Familiarity with the strengths and weaknesses of each modality is needed to correctly interpret the results in appropriate clinical context.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Khallafi, Hicham& Qureshi, Kamran. 2015. Imaging Based Methods of Liver Fibrosis Assessment in Viral Hepatitis: A Practical Approach. Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Infectious Diseases،Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1067007
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Khallafi, Hicham& Qureshi, Kamran. Imaging Based Methods of Liver Fibrosis Assessment in Viral Hepatitis: A Practical Approach. Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Infectious Diseases No. 2015 (2015), pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1067007
American Medical Association (AMA)
Khallafi, Hicham& Qureshi, Kamran. Imaging Based Methods of Liver Fibrosis Assessment in Viral Hepatitis: A Practical Approach. Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Infectious Diseases. 2015. Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1067007
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1067007