title: [Sonographic study of the liver, gallbladder and bile ducts].
abstract: Most diseases of the liver and gallbladder can be sufficiently diagnosed by ultrasound. Therefore, other useless methods can be eliminated and the further procedure of examination is a lot faster and more specific. Ultrasound cannot only give you exact informations about liver-size, consistency and shape, also structural changes of the liver parenchyma and all 3 tubular systems (bile-duct, liver veins and portal vein) can be examined. So far, no other method provided such a great deal of information about the liver-gall-system with such little effort. Therefore ultrasound should be used as the first screening method for all abdominal problems.
mesh_terms: D001649:Bile Duct Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000175:diagnosis; D005234:Fatty Liver / Q000175:diagnosis; D005705:Gallbladder Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D014463:Ultrasonography
vernacular_title: Sonographie der Leber, Gallenblase und Gallengänge.