Is non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) seen at CT colonography an important extracolonic finding?

Authors

  • Joel Harold Bortz LSG Imaging , California

Keywords:

metabolic syndrome, hepatic steatosis, type 2 diabetes, insulin resistance, cryptogenic cirrhosis

Abstract

This paper describes visualisation of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) at computer tomographic colonography (CTC). Definitions of NAFLD, NASH, metabolic syndrome, cryptogenic cirrhosis, and their importance in management of patients, are discussed. Images of normal liver, as well as NAFLD, seen at screening CTC, are presented and discussed in terms of their E-classification.

 

Author Biography

Joel Harold Bortz, LSG Imaging , California

Radiologist:  specialist   GIT   radiologist

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Published

2017-12-04

Issue

Vol. 55 No. 2 (2017)

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