Diffuse hepatic steatosis (grading)
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Grading of diffuse hepatic steatosis on ultrasound has been used to communicate to the clinician about the extent of fatty changes in the liver.
Grading
- grade I: increased hepatic echogenicity with visible periportal and diaphragmatic echogenicity
- grade II: increased hepatic echogenicity with imperceptible periportal echogenicity, without obscuration of diaphragm
- grade III: increased hepatic echogenicity with imperceptible periportal echogenicity and obscuration of diaphragm
Practical points
Some suggest that visual grading of hepatic steatosis is subject to a wide interobserver and intraobserver variability 3.
There is also a histological three point scale for grading severity of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis 4. These two grading systems are not currently correlated.
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