Computed tomography: qualitative and quantitative recognition of liver disease in haemophilia.
Thirty haemophiliac patients have been investigated by computed tomography (CT). Quantitative studies using dual energy scans with and without contrast enhancement, together with autocorrelation function analysis of the characteristics of the liver and spleen, revealed significant changes in the liver. The CT findings corresponded to the presence of liver disease, including chronic active hepatitis and cirrhosis, in 13 patients confirmed by percutaneous liver biopsy.
D006467:Hemophilia A / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006521:Hepatitis, Chronic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006529:Hepatomegaly / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D013163:Splenomegaly / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed