ABSTRACT
La ecografía hepática es actualmente la primera técnica diagnóstica para la detección y caracterización de la mayoría de las lesiones del hígado, especialmente en la detección de lesiones focales o en el seguimiento de las enfermedades hepáticas crónicas. No solo se utiliza el modoB, sino también el doppler color y más recientemente la ecografía con contraste. Se usa principalmente en el diagnóstico de enfermedades hepáticas difusas como la esteatosis, la hepatopatía crónica y la cirrosis. En este artículo se van a revisar las características principales de las lesiones focales fundamentales y los principales signos de enfermedades difusas (AU)
Liver ultrasound is frequently used as a first-line technique for the detection and characterization of the most common liver lesions, especially those incidentally found focal liver lesions, and for monitoring of chronic liver diseases. Ultrasound is not only used in the Bmode, but also with Doppler and, more recently, contrast-enhanced ultrasound. It is mainly used in the diagnosis of diffuse liver diseases, such as steatosis or cirrhosis. This article presents a practical approach for diagnosis workup, in which the different characteristics of the main focal liver lesions and diffuse liver diseases are reviewed (AU)
Subject(s)
Humans , Male , Female , Liver Cirrhosis/complications , Liver Cirrhosis/pathology , Liver Cirrhosis , Neoplasm Metastasis , Carcinoma, Hepatocellular/complications , Carcinoma, Hepatocellular , Focal Infection/pathology , Focal Infection , Liver/pathology , Liver , Liver Neoplasms , Fatty Liver , EchinococcosisABSTRACT
Liver ultrasound is frequently used as a first-line technique for the detection and characterization of the most common liver lesions, especially those incidentally found focal liver lesions, and for monitoring of chronic liver diseases. Ultrasound is not only used in the Bmode, but also with Doppler and, more recently, contrast-enhanced ultrasound. It is mainly used in the diagnosis of diffuse liver diseases, such as steatosis or cirrhosis. This article presents a practical approach for diagnosis workup, in which the different characteristics of the main focal liver lesions and diffuse liver diseases are reviewed.
