Ultrasound Findings among Hepatitis C Patients and Its Association with Liver Enzymes
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences (IOSR-JDMS) - Year 2018, Vol 17, Issue 5
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Chronic liver disease (CLD) is a disease of the liver resulting from an inflammatory, infiltrative, immunologic, mechanical or metabolic injury to the liver, which has persisted for six or more months without complete resolution. The leading causes include hepatitis B and hepatitis C. Among the radiological imaging Ultrasonography is most acceptable method of assessment of liver being least expensive and highly safe. AIMS AND OBJECTIVE: To see the ultrasonological findings in hepatitis C positive patients and to see its association with liver enzymes MATERIAL AND METHODS: - This Cross sectional study was conducted at LLRM Medical College from September 2016 to Aug 2017. All the hepatitis C patients who were admitted in different wards and visited OPD were taken. After selecting the study subjects full history taking, clinical examination and investigations were done. Collected data was entered in Microsoft Office Excel and analyzed statistically by using chi square test. RESULTS: Out of total 110 patients, 52.7% were above 40 years of age, 65.5 % were male and about 34.5% were female. Ultrasound finding of patient shows 77.3% had Normal USG, nearly 58.2 % patients were found to have elevated liver enzymes. 21.9% of those with elevated liver enzymes have abnormal ultrasound findings. Nearly 24% of hepatitis C positive patients found to have hypoalbuminemia. 30.7 % these had abnormal ultrasound. CONCLUSION: liver sonography and biochemical markers (AST/ALT) are important non-invasive procedure in assessing chronicity of hepatitis C. Though some better radiological investigation like ultrasonic elastography i.e. fibroscan should be encouraged.
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Sandhya Gautam, Chhaya Mittal, Gajraj Singh, Nitin kumar
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