title: Unusual appearance of the liver on ultrasonography and computed tomography in a patient with cystic fibrosis.
abstract: A seven-year-old boy with cystic fibrosis (CS) who presented with abdominal pain is reported. Ultrasonographic and computed tomographic studies of the upper abdomen revealed unusual liver findings. An ultrasound scan showed a liver that was exceedingly heterogeneous and a mixed echo pattern with dominant hyperechogenicity. Computed tomography showed large, multiple hypodense cyst-like lesions in the liver. Using the ultrasound scan as a guide, a needle biopsy was performed. The pathological findings were in accord with the findings obtained from ultrasonography and computed tomography, and were consistent with pathological findings seen in CS cases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Men
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yüce
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ozmen
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Akhan
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kale
mesh_terms: D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D002648:Child; D003550:Cystic Fibrosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography