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ArticleHepatitis monthly2012

Liver Hemangioma Might Lead to overestimation of Liver Fibrosis by Fibroscan; A Missed Issue in Two Cases.

Seyed Hossein Aalaei-Andabili, Leila Mehrnoush, Shima Salimi, Mustafa Shafiei, Seyed Moayed Alavian

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Article in Hepatitis monthly, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Myths and mysteries about staging hepatic fibrosis by fibroscan.Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association · 2015
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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Seyed Hossein Aalaei-AndabiliBaqiyatallah Research Center for Gastroenterology and Liver Disease (BRCGL), Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran.
Leila Mehrnoush
Shima Salimi
Mustafa Shafiei
Seyed Moayed Alavian
Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences · IR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe assessment of liver fibrosis is an important way for prediction of liver disease progression and patient's prognosis. Liver stiffness measurement (LSM) is strongly associated with stage of liver diseases. overestimation of liver fibrosis in heart failure has been reported. We would like to introduce a new leading cause of liver fibrosis overestimation by presentation of two cases. CASE PRESENTATION: one case with right lobe hemangioma has an overestimation of liver fibrosis. The result completely changed when Fibroscan was performed in patient's left lobe. Interestingly, another case with left lobe hemangioma had overestimation of fibrosis in her left lobe but, right lob Fibroscan was normal.

conclusionWe found that liver hemangioma may leads to overestimation of liver stiffness and the correct inspection of liver echogenicity before any interpretation of high liver stiffness is recommended. We suggest that patient with higher level of Fibroscan score repeat it in other sides of the liver. Also, they should be evaluated by sonography for ruling out of possible confounders such as hepatic hemangioma.

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FibrosisHemangiomaLiver

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PMID22879831
PMCPMC3412558
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