Clinico – pathogenetic reasoning of echography and computed tomography role in diagnosis of chronic diffuse liver disease

Abstract

Abstract: In three-stage prospective cohort controlled research of 2876 persons with chronic diffuse liver diseases (2076 cases of fatty liver disease, 509 cases of chronic hepatitis, 139 cases of liver cirrhosis) and 152 healthy controls the clinical significance of radiation methods of investigation in quantitative evaluation of liver morphofunctional state in patients with chronic diffuse liver diseases was estimated. Diagnosis-prognostic algorithm for patients with this pathology was developed, validated and recommended for practical application. Further perspectives are related to detailed chronic diffuse liver diseases stratification by intensity of steatosis (in fatty liver disease), activity (in chronic hepatitis), fibrosis (in chronic hepatitis and liver cirrhosis).