Real-time Tissue Elastography for Evaluation of Liver Fibrosis in Patients with Type B Chronic Hepatitis_West China Medical Journal

Authors：

 CHENYang ,  LUOYan

Department of Ultrasonography, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, P. R. China;

Corresponding author：

LUOYan, Email: luoyan15957@126.com

Keywords：

Ultrasonic testing; Real-time tissue elastography; Chronic hepatitis; Liver fibrosis

DOI：

10.7507/1002-0179.20150476

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Objective To explore the significance of quantitative parameters of tissue diffusion included in the real-time ultrasound elastography (RTE), in diagnosing the degree of liver fibrosis. Method From July 2012 to November 2014, liver biopsy being the gold standard for evaluating hepatic fibrosis stage, we performed RTE on 112 hepatitis patients and analyzed the elastogram we got. At the same time, we carried out quantitative analysis of tissue diffusion in these patients, and obtained the values of liver fibrosis index (LFI) of right liver parenchyma. Subsequently, we compared the biopsy pathological results with the values of LFI, and single-factor analysis of variance (ANOVA) was adopted to compare the LFI among patients with variant degrees of liver fibrosis. If there were any discrepancies, least significant difference method would be adopted in order to compare one with the other from different groups. Finally, critical value of LFI of different-stage liver fibrosis was obtained with the help of receiver operator characteristic (ROC)curve. Results Chronological liver fibrosis was classified into stage 0, stage 1, stage 2, stage 3, and stage 4, and their LFI values were 2.36±0.46, 2.38±0.45, 2.84±0.54, 3.16±0.59, and 3.69±0.55, respectively. ANOVA showed that the LFI values of different-stage fibrosis had significant differences (F=29.959, P<0.001). However, there was no difference between stage 0 and stage 1 (P=0.920), or between stage 2 and stage 3 (P=0.076). The area under the ROC curve for stage 0-1 and stage 2-3, stage 2-3 and S4 was respectively 0.784 and 0.799, and their critical value was 2.83 and 3.69 respectively. Conclusions The real-time ultrasound elastography is a feasible and non-invasive method in diagnosing the degree of hepatitis fibrosis and LFI has advantage in distinguishing different stage of liver fibrosis.

Citation： CHENYang, LUOYan. Real-time Tissue Elastography for Evaluation of Liver Fibrosis in Patients with Type B Chronic Hepatitis. West China Medical Journal, 2015, 30(9): 1671-1674. doi: 10.7507/1002-0179.20150476 Copy

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2. Scheuer PJ. Classification of chronic viral hepatitis:a need for reassessment[J]. Hepatol, 1991, 13(3):372-374.
3. Scheuer PJ. The nomenclature of chronic hepatitis:time for a change[J]. J Hepatol, 1995, 22(1):112-114.
4. 中华医学会传染病与寄生虫病学分会, 中华医学会肝病学分会. 病毒性肝炎防治方案[J]. 中华内科杂志, 2001, 40(1):62-70.
5. Koizumi Y, Hirooka M, Kisaka Y, et al. Liver fibrosis in patients with chronic hepatitis C:noninvasive diagnosis by means of real-time tissue elastography——establishment of the method for measurement[J]. Radiology, 2011, 258(2):610-617.
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15. Gaia S, Carenzi S, Barilli AL, et al. Reliability of transient elastography for the detection of fibrosis in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and chronic viral hepatitis[J]. J Hepatol, 2011, 54(1):64-71.

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