[Sonography and scintigraphy in the differential diagnosis of diffuse liver parenchymal diseases].
70 patients with established diffuse liver disease (steatosis, fibrosis, cirrhosis) were investigated by sonography and scintigraphy. Sonographic parenchymal morphology and scintigraphic activity pattern were correlated with the histological diagnosis. Scintigraphy as a functional diagnostic technique revealed early fibrotic changes of the liver not seen by ultrasound. Cirrhosis could be demonstrated equally by both methods. The two major advances of ultrasound were: high accuracy in steatosis and ability of simultaneous analysis of the other abdominal organs.
D002446:Celiac Disease / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D006975:Hypertension, Portal / Q000175:diagnosis; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000175:diagnosis; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D014463:Ultrasonography
Sonographie und Szintigraphie in der Differentialdiagnose diffuser Leberparenchymerkrankungen.