Role of shear wave elastography of liver and spleen “as non-invasive method” in prediction of oesophgeal varices in Egyptian patients with liver cirrhosis.
Elzeiny, M., Adbelhaq, M., El-zefzafy, W., Mohamed, E. (2020). Role of shear wave elastography of liver and spleen “as non-invasive method” in prediction of oesophgeal varices in Egyptian patients with liver cirrhosis.. EKB Journal Management System, 1(2), 80-89. doi: 10.21608/jram.2020.20504.1027
Madiha Elzeiny; Mohamed Taha Adbelhaq; Wafaa El-zefzafy; Eslam Mohamed. "Role of shear wave elastography of liver and spleen “as non-invasive method” in prediction of oesophgeal varices in Egyptian patients with liver cirrhosis.". EKB Journal Management System, 1, 2, 2020, 80-89. doi: 10.21608/jram.2020.20504.1027
Elzeiny, M., Adbelhaq, M., El-zefzafy, W., Mohamed, E. (2020). 'Role of shear wave elastography of liver and spleen “as non-invasive method” in prediction of oesophgeal varices in Egyptian patients with liver cirrhosis.', EKB Journal Management System, 1(2), pp. 80-89. doi: 10.21608/jram.2020.20504.1027
Elzeiny, M., Adbelhaq, M., El-zefzafy, W., Mohamed, E. Role of shear wave elastography of liver and spleen “as non-invasive method” in prediction of oesophgeal varices in Egyptian patients with liver cirrhosis.. EKB Journal Management System, 2020; 1(2): 80-89. doi: 10.21608/jram.2020.20504.1027

Role of shear wave elastography of liver and spleen “as non-invasive method” in prediction of oesophgeal varices in Egyptian patients with liver cirrhosis.

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Article 5, Volume 1, Issue 2, July 2020, Page 80-89  XML PDF (1.19 MB)
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DOI: 10.21608/jram.2020.20504.1027
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Authors
Madiha Elzeiny1; Mohamed Taha Adbelhaq2; Wafaa El-zefzafy email 1; Eslam Mohamed1
1Hepatogastroenterology and Infectious Diseases Department, Faculty of Medicine for Girls, Cairo, Al-Azhar university, Egypt.
2Diagnostic Radiology Department, Faculty of Medicine for Girls, Cairo, Al-Azhar University, Egypt.
Abstract
Background: Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy (UGIE) screening for esophageal varices (EVs) is expensive for the health
care system and invasive for the patients. Elastography has been recently used for prediction of liver cirrhosis and its
complications.
Objective: To identify the reliability of liver stiffness (LS) and spleen stiffness (SS) using point shear wave elastography
(PSWE) as noninvasive predictors of EVs.
Methodology: This case-control study was carried was conducted on sixty patients divided into two groups (cirrhotics
without EVs (30 patients) and cirrhotics with EVs (30 patients)) were subjected to: Demographic, clinical, laboratory tests,
abdominal ultrasound and LS and SS measured by shear wave elastography (PSWE), and finally UGIE.60 healthy control
subjects were also included in the study.
Results: There was highly significant increase of liver, spleen stiffness, and liver stiffness ᵡ splenic size/platelet count
(LSPS) in group with EVs in comparison to group without EVs and control group, and in patients group with cirrhosis
without EVs in comparison to control. Also there was significant increase of spleen stiffness in cases with large EVs than in
those with mild and moderate EVs while there was no significant difference as regard liver stiffness.
Conclusion: LS and SS are reliable predictive tools for EVs. These results could be used to reduce the need for routine
upper gastrointestinal endoscopy screening.
Keywords
Noninvasive; PSWE; Liver Stiffness; Spleen Stiffness; Esophageal varices
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