Qualitative evaluation of chronic diffuse liver disease by STIR MRI.
J Comput Assist Tomogr
; 19(6): 955-8, 1995.
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OBJECTIVE: The purpose of our study was to characterize the relationship between signal intensity on STIR MRI, histology, and liver function. MATERIALS AND METHODS: MRI was performed in 39 patients with chronic liver diseases [chronic persistent hepatitis (CPH), chronic active hepatitis (CAH), liver cirrhosis (LC)] and 11 patients without liver dysfunction (normal). RESULTS: On STIR images, very low signal intensities compared with those of the spleen were seen in all 11 normal livers (100%), and brighter intensities were seen in chronic diffuse liver diseases (10 patients with CPH, 11 patients with CAH, and 18 patients with LC) (100%). The higher the signal grade on STIR images (moderate, marked), the more advanced was the chronic diffuse liver disease (p < 0.02). The levels of serum glutamic-oxaloacetic and glutamic-pyruvic transaminase increased in parallel with increasing signal intensity on STIR images (both p < 0.01). CONCLUSION: We found that the signal intensity of liver on STIR images appeared to be associated with the degree of histologic and/or clinical severity in patients with chronic liver disease.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Imagen por Resonancia Magnética
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Hepatopatías
Tipo de estudio:
Qualitative_research
Límite:
Adult
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Aged
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Aged80
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Comput Assist Tomogr
Año:
1995
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Japón
Pais de publicación:
Estados Unidos