[Real-time tissue elastography in chronic liver disease].

Background/aim: In patients with chronic liver diseases, the histological classification of liver fibrosis is essential for predicting prognosis and selecting appropriate antiviral therapy. This study aimed to determine the usefulness of a new noninvasive method for the assessment of liver fibrosis by using real-time tissue elastography, which can be performed with conventional ultrasound probes.

Methods: Thirty-nine patients who had liver fibrosis and had undergone liver resection or liver biopsy were included in this study.

Schistosomiasis japonica identified by laparoscopic and colonoscopic examination.

A 45-year-old Philippine woman who came from Mindanao Island was admitted to our hospital with a complaint of epigastric discomfort. Abdominal ultrasonography and computed tomography demonstrated a network pattern and linear calcification in the liver. Laparoscopic examination showed numerous yellowish, small speckles over the liver surface.

FibroIndex, a practical index for predicting significant fibrosis in patients with chronic hepatitis C.

Unlabelled: Diagnosis of the stage of liver fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C is essential for making a prognosis and deciding on antiviral therapy. In the present study a simple model consisting of routine laboratory tests was constructed and then validated in cross-sectional and longitudinal investigations. Consecutive treatment-naive patients with chronic hepatitis C who had undergone liver biopsy were divided into 2 cohorts: an estimation set (n = 240) and a validation set (n = 120).