Association of Liver Histology with Sonological Grading and Liver Stiffness Measured by Fibroscan in Patients with NAFLD
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2019-01
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Ibn Sina Academy of Medieval Medicine & Sciences
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Background: Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is theterm for a range of situations caused by a build-up of fat inthe liver. It's usually seen in people who are obese.Objective: In this study our main goal is to evaluate theassociation of liver histology with sonological grading and liverstiffness measured by Fibroscan in patients with NAFLD.Methods: This cross-sectional study was done at Departmentof Hepatology, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical Universityfrom July 2007 to June 2009. Total 45 patients of fatty liverdisease were studied. All collected data was recorded in astructured questionnaire and was analyzed by SPSS version20. Values were expressed either as mean + SD or infrequency or in percentages.Results: During the study majority of the patients were 30-50years old (73.33 %), which indicates that the patients weresomewhat younger and out of 45 of study population 21(46.7%) patients was grade I fatty liver, 23(51.1%) were gradeII fatty liver and only one (2.2%) was grade III fatty liver. Thisstudy also showed that correlation between fibroscan of liverand grading of fibrosis in liver histology reveals significantassociation.
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Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD), Fibroscan, Fibrosis Stage
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Mollick Kutub Uddin, Hossain Md. Almamun, Mustafa Md.Golam, Mahtab Mamun Al, Rahman Salimur. Association of Liver Histology with Sonological Grading and Liver Stiffness Measured by Fibroscan in Patients with NAFLD. International Journal of Medical Research Professionals. 2019 Jan; 5(1): 87-93