title: Sonographic diagnosis of diffuse liver disease.
abstract: Sonography provides valuable information about diffuse liver disease. This article reviews the normal features of hepatic parenchyma as well as the sonographic findings that characterize important pathological conditions. Included are hepatitis, opportunistic infection, diffuse metastasis, fatty liver, hepatic fibrosis, and cirrhosis.
authors.affiliation: University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, USA.
authors.forename: W J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Zwiebel
mesh_terms: D005234:Fatty Liver / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006505:Hepatitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000382:microbiology; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D009894:Opportunistic Infections / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014463:Ultrasonography