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Hepatic encephalopathy ultrasound

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: ;Mohamadmostafa Jahansouz M.D.[2]

Overview

Overview

There are no ultrasound findings associated with hepatic encephalopathy, but ultrasound may be helpful in the diagnosis of underlying causes of hepatic encephalopathy like hepatic cirrhosis.

Ultrasound

Ultrasound

There are no ultrasound findings associated with hepatic encephalopathy, but ultrasound may be helpful in the diagnosis of underlying causes of hepatic encephalopathy like hepatic cirrhosis.[1]

References

References

  1. Schuppan D, Afdhal NH (2008). “Liver cirrhosis”. Lancet. 371 (9615): 838–51. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(08)60383-9. PMC 2271178. PMID 18328931.

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