Real-time elastography as a noninvasive assessment of liver fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C Egyptian patients: a prospective study

Mobarak, Lamiaa; Nabeel, Mohammed; Hassan, Ehsan; Omran, Dalia; Zakaria, Zeinab

doi:10.20524/aog.2016.0033

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“…In our study we depended on Transient Elastography in the assessment of liver fibrosis as it was proved to be a reliable method to detect significant fibrosis compared to histological assessment of liver tissue [14,18], it measures liver stiffness based on the propagation speed of shear waves with overall diagnostic accuracy reaching 94% [19].…”

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Background: Liver fibrosis considered as a reversible disease, but curing the primary hepatic disease, sometimes, doesn't mean fibrosis improvement. Steatosis could be one of the reasons responsible for this failure. Weight loss has been shown to improve fibrosis, but few data is available from Egypt.Objective: to test the effect of weight reduction on the degree of fibrosis improvement in patients with chronic hepatitis C (CHC). Methods: Adult patients (> 18 years) were recruited from hepatitis Cout patient's clinic, National Liver Institute (NLI), University of Menoufyia, from 2016 to 2018.Results: Thirty CHC patients with moderate and severe steatosis, who were initially assessed by liver biopsy and Transient elastography (TE) for their fibrosis stage, were followed up by Transient elastography after losing >10% of their weight. Median age was 44.7 years (29 -59 years) and 50% were men. The degree of fibrosis and its values improved with the significant weight loss (p < 0.01 for both). Conclusion:Weight reduction is associated with improvement of hepatic fibrosis in patient with CHC.

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“…In our study we used FibroScan in the assessment of liver fibrosis as it was proved to be a reliable method to detect significant fibrosis compared to histological assessment of liver tissue [14,19], it measures liver stiffness based on the propagation speed of shear waves with overall diagnostic accuracy reaching 94% [20].…”

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Weight loss and improvement of hepatic fibrosis in Egyptian patients with chronic hepatitis C

Metwally¹,

Abdelsameea²,

Refaat³

et al. 2017

Liver Pancreat Sci

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“…Specificity and sensitivity could reach above 90% [13]. Mobarak et al indicated that TE had higher diagnostic value than other examination methods for diagnosis of liver fibrosis progression and cirrhosis [14]. TE measures the degree of liver fibrosis accurately and can play an important role in predicting complications of advanced compensated chronic liver disease (cACLD), such as gastroesophageal varices, portal hypertension, cirrhosis, and HCC [15].…”

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Ultrasound Elastography in Liver Tissue: Current Status

Zhang¹,

Ding²,

Niu³

et al. 2021

Advanced Ultrasound in Diagnosis and Therapy

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Chronic liver disease is common in China and worldwide, with liver fibrosis as the primary pathological finding.Any chronic liver disease can lead to hepatic fibrosis and gradually develop into cirrhosis. Complications, such as portal hypertension, gastrointestinal bleeding, and liver failure can occur. Some patients even develop hepatocellular carcinoma. Thus, timely diagnosis of hepatic fibrosis is vital for the assessment of etiology, treatment, and prognosis. Conventional ultrasound imaging shows low sensitivity with its subjectivity for preliminary diagnosis of liver fibrosis, creating limitations in qualitative and quantitative evaluation. Ultrasound elastography is a recently developed technique that can help overcome these limitations.The elastic imaging method combines conventional ultrasound to assess liver stiffness along with routine examination. This "one-stop" check for liver disease opens new prospects for clinical and scientific research and improves the accuracy of disease diagnosis for broad clinical application. This article will review the current status of ultrasound elastography for its applications in chronic liver diseases.

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Real-time elastography as a noninvasive assessment of liver fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C Egyptian patients: a prospective study

Cited by 9 publications

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Weight loss and improvement of hepatic fibrosis in Egyptian patients with chronic hepatitis C

Ultrasound Elastography in Liver Tissue: Current Status

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