GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS The liver is the largest visceral organ in the body and receives about 25% of cardiac output through the portal vein (2/3) and the hepatic artery (1/3). Blood from the stomach, intestines, spleen, and pancreas drains into the liver via the portal vein. Therefore, oxygen is carried to the liver by both the portal vein and the hepatic artery. The liver is the central organ ...

Liver ultrasound was prospectively evaluated in 104 subjects who underwent liver biopsy, including 24 patients without evidence of liver disease (controls), and 80 with a broad spectrum of liver pathology. Ultrasonography was very specific (100%) and moderately sensitive (70%) in the detection of liver pathology, and hepatic neoplasms, steatosis, and fibrosis were detected by ultrasound in 80%,...

The liver is a unique and complex functioning organ, which central in the metabolism of proteins, carbohydrates, fats plays an important role digestion, hematopoiesis, hemocoagulation, detoxification processes. pathology diverse, often accompanied by other organs. Liver diseases are encountered doctors various specialties, for clinician, knowledge this organ essential. Currently, there steady i...

Background & Objective: Liver biopsy is the main method for grading and staging liver disorders, but the effects of clinical information and optimal biopsy specimen size on interpretation remain contentious. The aim of the study was to evaluate the impact of clinical information and quality of liver specimen on inter-observer agreement for liver disease. Methods:<...