PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Debongnie, J C
AU  - Pauls, C
AU  - Fievez, M
AU  - Wibin, E
TI  - Prospective evaluation of the diagnostic accuracy of liver ultrasonography.
AID  - 10.1136/gut.22.2.130
DP  - 1981 Feb 01
TA  - Gut
PG  - 130--135
VI  - 22
IP  - 2
4099  - http://gut.bmj.com/content/22/2/130.short
4100  - http://gut.bmj.com/content/22/2/130.full
SO  - Gut1981 Feb 01; 22
AB  - Liver ultrasound was prospectively evaluated in 104 subjects who underwent liver biopsy, including 24 patients without evidence of liver disease (controls), and 80 with a broad spectrum of liver pathology. Ultrasonography was very specific (100%) and moderately sensitive (70%) in the detection of liver pathology, and hepatic neoplasms, steatosis, and fibrosis were detected by ultrasound in 80%, 80%, and 67% of cases respectively. In addition, ultrasonography diagnosed other pathologies--mainly biliary tract disease and abdominal neoplasms--in 26% of the patients.