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Elastography for Pediatric Chronic Liver Disease
Author(s) -
Ferraioli Giovanna,
Barr Richard G.,
Dillman Jonathan R.
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of ultrasound in medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.574
H-Index - 91
eISSN - 1550-9613
pISSN - 0278-4297
DOI - 10.1002/jum.15482
Subject(s) - medicine , chronic liver disease , magnetic resonance elastography , magnetic resonance imaging , liver biopsy , ultrasound , radiology , elastography , liver disease , population , ultrasonography , biopsy , cirrhosis , environmental health
In adults with chronic liver diseases, ultrasound and magnetic resonance shear wave elastography (SWE) can replace liver biopsy in several clinical scenarios. Several guidelines on the use of ultrasound SWE for the adult population have been published. However, the number of publications in the pediatric population is limited, and available guidelines on SWE do not specifically address pediatric chronic liver diseases. In this article, we review the literature on the use of SWE for pediatric chronic liver diseases and provide expert opinion on how to use SWE, both ultrasound and magnetic resonance techniques, in the pediatric population.