Ultrasound imaging findings in primary biliary cholangitis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Our study aimed to analyze the characteristics of ultrasound images corresponding to each histological stage of primary biliary cholangitis (PBC).

Methods

We prospectively analyzed 75 confirmed cases of PBC and used liver biopsy as the gold standard to determine the disease stage.

Results

The typical ultrasound images of patients with PBC were characterized by a thickening of the portal vein wall (PVW) and periportal hypoechoic band (PHB) width with increasing histological stages, and significant increases in the left hepatic lobe diameter (LHLD) in stage II (by 64.0%) and stage III (by 69.2%). PHB width (r = 0.857, p < 0.001), PVW thickness (r = 0.488, p < 0.001), and spleen area (r = 0.8774, p < 0.001) were positively correlated with the histological stag

SUBMITTER: Zhang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10729522 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature