Generalised increase in hepatic echogenicity
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Al Salam H, Jones J, Bell D, et al. Generalised increase in hepatic echogenicity. Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 21 Mar 2025) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-12509
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6 Dec 2010,
Hani M. Al Salam
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- Hyperechoic liver
- Generalised increased liver echotexture
- Generalized increased liver echogenicity
- Generalized increased liver echotexture
- Causes of generalised increased liver echotexture
- Generalised increased hepatic echogenicity
- Increased hepatic echogenicity
Causes of generalised increase in hepatic echogenicity include:
- diffuse fatty change
- cirrhosis: and/or coarsening
- chronic hepatitis 3: and/or coarsening
- diffuse infiltration or deposition
- malignant process
- granulomata
- glycogen storage disease
- haemochromatosis
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- 1. Davies, Stephen G., BChir.. Aids to Radiological Differential Diagnosis. (2009) ISBN: 9780702029790
- 2. G. Scott Gazelle (Editor), Sanjay Saini (Editor), Peter R. Mueller (Editor). Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Radiology: Imaging and Intervention. (1997) ISBN: 0865777160
- 3. Kurtz A, Rubin C, Cooper H et al. Ultrasound Findings in Hepatitis. Radiology. 1980;136(3):717-23. doi:10.1148/radiology.136.3.7403553
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