[A study on relationship between CT grouping and complication of liver cirrhosis].
OBJECTIVE
To probe into the relationship between the CT grouping of liver cirrhosis and its complications as well as clinical condition.


METHODS
On the basis of CT findings in 357 cases with liver cirrhosis, CT grouping of the cirrhosis was performed. The complications of the cirrhosis, including enlargement of spleen, varicose collateral veins, ascites, pleurorrhea, primary liver carcinoma, gallbladder stone, etc, of all groups were analyzed. According to examination the blood routine, and the serum urea nitrogen (SUN), creatinine and uric acid, the condition of spleen function accentuation and liver-kidney syndrome were estimated.


RESULTS
Three hundred and fifty-seven cases with cirrhosis were divided into homogeneous group (87 cases, 24.4%), segmental group (41 cases, 11.5%) and nodal group (229 cases, 64.1%). The grade of spleen enlargement in the segmental group and the nodal group was significantly greater than that in homogeneous group. The cases with varicose in the segmental group was the most (70.7%), in the nodal group next (17.0%) and in the homogeneous group the least (2.3%). There was significant difference among three groups. In the nodal group, there was ascites in 182 cases (79.5%) and significantly more than that in the segmental group (11 cases, 26.8%) and the homogeneous group (9 cases, 10.3%), and the former significantly more than the latter. There were 68 cases (29.7%) with primary liver carcinoma in the nodal group, and significantly more than that in the segmental group (1 case, 2.4%) and the homogeneous group (5 cases, 5.7%). The cases with hemoglobin decrease in the nodal group were significantly more than that in the homogeneous group. The averages of hemoglobin and platelet in the nodal group and the segmental group were significantly lower than that in the homogeneous group. The cases with SUN increase in the nodal group and the segmental group were significantly more than that in the homogeneous group. The concentration of SUN in the nodal group was significantly higher than that in the homogeneous group.


CONCLUSIONS
There are close relationship between the grouping of liver cirrhosis on basis of CT findings and complications of the cirrhosis. The practice of grouping might be useful for estimating clinical condition
Zhang
Min-guang
MG
Department of Radiology, Shuguang Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 200021, China.
Huang
Xue-jing
XJ
Zhu
Qiong
Q
Geng
Jian
J
Zhang
An-jun
AJ
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000503:physiopathology; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed