Open AccessUltrasound findings in autoimmune hepatitis
Author(s) -
Yi Dong,
Andrej Potthoff,
Christoph Klinger,
Ana Paula Barreiros,
Dariusz Pietrawski,
Christoph F. Dietrich
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v24.i15.1583
Subject(s) - autoimmune hepatitis , medicine , transient elastography , ultrasound , fatty liver , fibrosis , chronic hepatitis , viral hepatitis , ultrasound elastography , gastroenterology , disease , pathology , radiology , liver fibrosis , immunology , elastography , virus
Ultrasound findings in autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) have not been reported systematically so far. The use of reliable and accurate noninvasive methods for determining fibrosis stage is important in evaluation of treatment efficacy and fibrosis regression in AIH. Imaging plays an important role in detection of complications and ruling out other possible causes of chronic liver diseases. Ultrasound elastography cut-off values in AIH patients are not the same as those in patients with chronic viral hepatitis or non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. AIH is characterized by wide fluctuations in inflammatory activity. Here we report on current knowledge of ultrasound findings in AIH.