Role of Ultrasonography in Evaluation of Liver Masses in Tertiary Care Hospital
Journal Title: International Journal of Contemporary Medicine surgery and Radiology - Year 2018, Vol 3, Issue 1
Abstract
Introduction: Hepatic Masses are among the common cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Biochemical tests cannot detect the exact pathology.USG is one of the best, cheapest, non - invasive and easily available real time imaging modalities for diagnosing liver pathologies. Aim of the present research was to study the role of ultra sonography in evaluation of liver masses, to detect and characterize the USG appearance of various liver mass by USG and to study age and sex distribution of various masses of liver. Material and Methods: This was a prospective study of 100 patients from OPD and IPD for USG evaluation of the suspected liver pathology were analyzed by ultrasonography. The location, Number, characteristic ultrasound appearance and associated features like presence of ascites and lymphadenopathy were determined. Data analysis was carried out using SPSS16.0 version software. Microsoft word and excel were used for generating charts and graphs Results: Out of the 100 studied cases there were 68 males (68%) and 32 females (32%) with a M:F ratio of 1:0.47. The most common affected age group was found to be 41-50 years (28%). Abdominal pain (78%) was found to be most common finding. On ultrasound most common hepatic lesion was found to be abscess (30%) followed by metastasis (24%) and hepatocellular carcinoma (22%). Lesions were predominantly solitary (68%) and located in right lobe (64%) in majority of the cases. Conclusion: Ultrasound is safe, efficient and quick method of diagnosis and assessment of liver masses. In expert hands its diagnostic accuracy is considerably high.
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Prasanna Mishrikotkar, Mohammed Shafi, D. B Dahiphale, Abhang Apte, Asmita Suryawanshi
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