title: [Liver ultrasound: focal lesions and diffuse diseases].
abstract: Liver ultrasound is frequently used as a first-line technique for the detection and characterization of the most common liver lesions, especially those incidentally found focal liver lesions, and for monitoring of chronic liver diseases. Ultrasound is not only used in the Bmode, but also with Doppler and, more recently, contrast-enhanced ultrasound. It is mainly used in the diagnosis of diffuse liver diseases, such as steatosis or cirrhosis. This article presents a practical approach for diagnosis workup, in which the different characteristics of the main focal liver lesions and diffuse liver diseases are reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Ecografía San Francisco de Asís, Centro de Diagnóstico Ecográfico, Coordinadora del GTE en Madrid de Semergen, Madrid, España. Electronic address: anasegura@centrodiagnosticoecografico.com.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Segura Grau
authors.affiliation: Centro de Salud Valleaguado. Centro de Diagnóstico Ecográfico. Miembro GTE en Madrid de Semergen, Madrid, España.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Valero López
authors.affiliation: Coordinador nacional de GTE de Semergen, Madrid, España.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Díaz Rodríguez
authors.affiliation: Aparato Digestivo, Unidad de Ecografía San Francisco de Asís, Centro de Diagnóstico Ecográfico, Madrid, España.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Segura Cabral
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000379:methods
keywords: Cirrhosis; Cirrosis; Ecografía; Esteatosis; Hemangioma hepático; Hepatic hydatid cyst; Hepatocarcinoma; Liver hemangioma; Liver metastases; Metástasis hepáticas; Quiste hidatídico hepático; Steatosis; Ultrasound