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ReviewJournal of medical ultrasonics (2001)2020

Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia: how to efficiently detect hepatic abnormalities using ultrasonography.

Hiroko Naganuma, Hideaki Ishida, Hidekatsu Kuroda, Yasuaki Suzuki, Masahiro Ogawa

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Review in Journal of medical ultrasonics (2001), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Hiroko NaganumaDepartment of Gastroenterology, Yokote Municipal Hospital, 5-31 Negishi-cho, Yokote, Akita, 013-8602, Japan. hiron@vesta.ocn.ne.jp.
Hideaki IshidaCenter of Diagnostic Ultrasound, Akita Red Cross Hospital, Akita, Japan.
Hidekatsu KurodaDivision of Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Iwate Medical University, Iwate, Japan.
Yasuaki SuzukiDepartment of Gastroenterology, Nayoro City General Hospital, Hokkaido, Japan.
Masahiro OgawaDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Nihon University Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
Akita Red Cross Hospital · JPIwate Medical University · JPNayoro City General Hospital · JPNihon University · JPYokosuka Kyosai Hospital · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionHereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT) is a multiorgan genetic angiodysplastic affection characterized by visceral vascular malformations. It affects mainly the brains, lungs, gastrointestinal tract, and nasal mucosa. Unlike those organs, hepatic involvement, although very frequently occurring, is insufficiently recognized, mainly because of the complex vascular structure of this organ. Thus, treating HHT patients requires a solid understanding of these hepatic anomalies. It is especially important for any general clinicians to be able to recognize clinical findings in HHT, which leads to a high suspicion of HHT and have an index of suspicion for liver abnormalities of HHT. For this purpose, keen awareness of clinical as well as hepatic sonographic (US) findings is paramount.

aimThe aim of this review is to summarize previously reported findings on the hepatic US through a thorough analysis of related articles, and to (a) determine the role of US in the diagnosis of hepatic involvement in HHT patients and (b) propose the most simple and easy way to detect HHT-related abnormalities during routine US examinations.

conclusionHepatic US serves to diagnose the detailed complex hepatic changes typical of HHT, and contributes to increased diagnostic confidence of hepatic changes in HHT patients, with the most simple way not to overlook HHT-related abnormalities being to find hepatic artery dilatation.

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FemaleHumansLiverLiver DiseasesMaleTelangiectasia, Hereditary HemorrhagicUltrasonographyDoppler USHereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT)Intrahepatic shuntsLiverSuperb microvascular imaging (SMI)Ultrasonography

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