Transient elastography in clinical detection of liver cirrhosis: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Background/aims: Transient elastography is a noninvasive method for measuring liver fibrosis. This meta-analysis assesses the diagnostic performance of transient elastography of detecting liver cirrhosis in patients with liver disease.

Patients And Methods: We searched MEDLINE, Cochrane, EMBASE databases until Jan 31, 2015, using the following search terms: elastography and liver cirrhosis.

Fibroscan improves the diagnosis sensitivity of liver fibrosis in patients with chronic hepatitis B.

The aim of the present study was to investigate the diagnostic accuracy of Fibroscan for liver fibrosis in patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB) with alanine aminotransferase (ALT) levels <2 times the upper normal limit. A total of 263 consecutive patients with CHB and ALT levels <2 times the upper normal limit were enrolled in the present study. Liver biopsies and liver stiffness measurements (LSM) were conducted.

Hepatic actinomycosis: report of one case and analysis of 32 previously reported cases.

Hepatic actinomycosis is rare, with few published cases. There are no characteristic clinical manifestations, and computed tomography (CT) shows mainly low-density images, making clinical diagnosis difficult, and leading to frequent misdiagnosis as primary liver cancer, metastatic liver cancer or liver abscess. Diagnosis normally requires examination of both the aetiology and pathology.

[Comparison of liver pathohistological and clinical characteristics between chronic HBV carriers and chronic hepatitis B patients with mild elevation in ALT].

Objective: To compare the liver pathohistological and clinical features between chronic HBV carriers and chronic hepatitis B patients with mild elevated in ALT.

Methods: 128 patients were divided into 3 groups according to the ALT: group A: ALT is less than or equal to 0.5*ULN, group B: 0.