Publications by authors named "Hira Jamal"
Objectives: Shear wave elastography (SWE) is an emerging technology that assesses hepatic fibrosis. The aim of our study was to determine the diagnostic accuracy of General Electric (GE) Healthcare's LOGIQ E9 SWE in patients with chronic hepatitis C virus using liver biopsy as the reference standard.
Methods: The liver stiffness of 43 subjects with hepatitis C virus was assessed using LOGIQ E9 SWE immediately before they underwent liver biopsy.
A corny cause of cerebrospinal fluid ascites: A case report and review of literature.
SAGE Open Med Case Rep
August 2016
Objective: To report a rare cause of cerebrospinal fluid ascites.
Methods: A 37-year-old female with history of intracranial hypertension and a ventriculo-peritoneal shunt was referred to liver clinic for evaluation of newly developed ascites.
Results: Initially, the cause of ascites was thought to be secondary to a liver etiology.