THE ROLE OF ULTRASOUND EVALUATION IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF FATTY LIVER – IS AN ACCURATE STAGING POSSIBLE?

Lazăr I. M. ^{1, 2}, Stefan M. ³, Aramă Victoria ^{1, 2}, Ion Daniela Adriana ^2
1 National Institute for Infectious Diseases Prof. Dr. Matei Bals
² University of Medicine and Pharmacy Carol Davila
³ Polytechnic University of Bucharest

Abstract

This paper presents the results from a research study which examines the correlations between the biological and morphopathological evaluation of the fatty liver and the ultrasound investigation. The purpose is to establish the utility and accuracy of ultrasound evaluation of fatty liver and to suggest an ultrasound staging of hepatic steatosis. Material and method: we evaluated 2 groups of patients – group A: 222 patients examined using ultrasound and liver biopsy and group B: 167 patients examined using ultrasound and steatotest. The obtained results demonstrate that the echographic evaluation is a reliable diagnostic method for liver steatosis, with over 0,82 sensitivity and over 0,90 specificity, depending on the steatosis stage.