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2179768

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1-2
pubmed:dateCreated
1990-4-19
pubmed:abstractText
A report is presented on patients admitted to hospital with chronic hepatitis or alcoholic cirrhosis of the liver and subjected to diagnostic laboratory tests, ultrasound scans and needle biopsies both non-surgical and during laparoscopy. The laboratory findings were compared with the results of ultrasound scans and biopsies. It was concluded that the diagnostic accuracy of ultrasound scans is sufficient, when backed by anamnestic clinical and laboratory data, to obviate the need for liver biopsy in cases of chronic hepatitis and alcoholic cirrhosis. Nor is biopsy required for differential diagnosis between the two conditions but should be reserved for the setting of diagnostic uncertainty about cancer-cirrhosis, or the presence of hepatoma, liver metastases, ascites or other oedematous forms. It is concluded that the undoubled diagnostic accuracy of biopsy does not compensate for the risk entailed especially for patients of this type.
pubmed:language
ita
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0026-4806
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
81
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
27-44
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
[Correlations between laboratory and ultrasonic diagnosis and needle biopsy in chronic hepatitis and alcoholic cirrhosis].
pubmed:affiliation
Regione Veneto, U.L.S.S. n. 12, Presidio Ospedaliero di Valdobbiadene, Divisione Medica.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, English Abstract