Items tagged “hepatic steatosis”
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Diffuse hepatic steatosis (grading)
Grading of diffuse hepatic steatosis on ultrasound has been used to communicate to the clinician about the extent of fatty changes in the liver.
Grading using ultrasound B-mode
grade I: diffusely increased hepatic echogenicity but periportal and diaphragmatic echogenicity is still appreciable...
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Tamoxifen-induced reversible hepatic steatosis
Tamoxifen is an important anti-estrogen agent used for the treatment of hormone receptor-positive breast cancer and it may induce reversible hepatic steatosis. This is usually transient and may occasionally be associated with hepatic dysfunction. It only rarely leads to cirrhosis 1.
Epidemiolog...