Abstract:
Abstract
The main objective of this study was to evaluate the fibrosis
stages by ultrasound to help reaching the accurate treatment. The
study included 50 patients whom are all national Sudanese and
who had Hepatitis B or hepatitis C positive. This study was
performed at the Tropical Diseases Teaching Hospital in
Omdurman during the period from December 2011 to March
2012. The study was performed with a portable ultrasound
machine (Aloka Prosound 2) with a transducer frequency ranges
from 2.5- 6MHz.
All patients with liver cirrhosis were included in this study, with
both gender types, through different age groups. This study
reveals that liver fibrosis affects males more than females. The
numbers of males were 37 (74%) and females were 13 (26%).
The result of this study showed that sixteen (16) patients (32%)
were normal (stage 0), twelve (12) patients (24%) were having
liver fibrosis stage 1, six (6) patients (12%) were having liver
fibrosis stage 2, four (4) patients (8%) were having liver fibrosis
stage 3 and twelve (12) patients (24%) were at the late stage of
fibrosis (stage 4), cirrhosis.
The value of the use of ultrasound is that the detection of liver
fibrosis stages can be achieved by ultrasound
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