title: Pitfalls in ultrasonographic diagnosis with fatty infiltration of the liver.
abstract: Problems in ultrasonography in patients with fatty infiltration of the liver include the possible misinterpretation of small, solid, focal lesions within the liver as being cystic; attributing the relative sonolucency of the pancreas to pancreatitis in the absence of pancreatic disease; and an inability to display normal right renal anatomy using the liver as a "window." Recognition of these problems and careful attention to equipment settings and scanning techniques should prevent errors.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005234:Fatty Liver / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography