Fontan-associated liver disease: Spectrum of US findings

• Published in: European journal of radiology Vol. 85; no. 4; pp. 850 - 856
• Main Authors: Bae, Jung Min, Jeon, Tae Yeon, Kim, Jung Sun, Kim, Seokhwi, Hwang, Sook Min, Yoo, So-Young, Kim, Ji Hye
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Ireland Elsevier Ireland Ltd 01.04.2016
• Subjects: Adolescent; Bile Ducts, Intrahepatic - diagnostic imaging; Bile Ducts, Intrahepatic - pathology; Child; Child, Preschool; Contrast Media; Disease Progression; Female; Fibrosis; Follow-Up Studies; Fontan Procedure - adverse effects; Fontan-associated liver disease; Hepatic fibrosis; Humans; Hypertension, Portal - diagnostic imaging; Hypertension, Portal - etiology; Hypertension, Portal - pathology; Image-Guided Biopsy - methods; Liver Diseases - diagnostic imaging; Liver Diseases - etiology; Liver Diseases - pathology; Liver Function Tests; Magnetic Resonance Imaging - methods; Male; Multidetector Computed Tomography - methods; Portal System - diagnostic imaging; Portal System - pathology; Radiology; Retrospective Studies; Transducers; Ultrasonography, Interventional - methods; Young Adult; hematoxylin–eosin; Hepatic fibrosis; FNH; FALD; ultrasonography; focal nodular hyperplasia; H&E; HCC; Fontan-associated liver disease; US; hepatocellular carcinoma
• ISSN: 0720-048X; 1872-7727
• DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2016.02.002

Highlights • Screening US examinations may be useful for recognizing a progression of FALD before disturbance of biochemical hepatic function. • The hyper-echoic lesions without surface nodularity that are detected by high-frequency transducers may represent the early stage of fibrosis.