Role of Diffusion-Weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Diagnosis and Grading of Hepatic Steatosis in Patients With Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: Comparison With Ultrasonography and Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is becoming the most common cause of cirrhosis. Although magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) is considered the gold standard, it has a few limitations. The role of diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI), which is a simpler sequence, in the diagnosis and grading of fatty liver is not well studied. The aim of the study was to investigate the value of DWI in the diagnosis and grading of hepatic steatosis in patients with NAFLD.

Materials and methods

Fifty-one adults (mean age: 38 years; 28 men, 23 women) with NAFLD, diagnosed clinically and by ultrasonography (USG), were included in the study after obtaining informed consent and approval from the institute ethics committee. USG was performed for grading of hepatic steatosis in all

SUBMITTER: Makhija N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8617527 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature