Whats the meaning of coarse hepatic parenchyma? Chronic liver disease.

Question

Coarsened hepatic echotexture is a sonographic descriptor where there uniform smooth hepatic echotexture of the liver is lost. This can occur due to number of reasons which include: conditions that cause hepatic fibrosis 1 cirrhosis haemochromatosis various types of hepatitis 3 particularly chronic hepatitis conditions that cause cholestasis choledochal cysts: probably from secondary cholestasis 3 certain bile duct tumours: will also usually show of accompanying biliary duct dilatation biliary atresia 3 diffusely infiltrating hepatic metastases hepatic lymphoproliferative diseases hepatic lymphoma: although generally presents as a focal liver disease hepatic leukaemia small multiple biliary hamartomas as a hepatic manifestation of sickle cell disease. Metabolic abnormalities hepatic amyloidosis 5 glycogen storage disease 3.

Praveen Chaudhary · Accepted Answer

Coarsened hepatic echotexture is a sonographic descriptor where there uniform smooth hepatic echotexture of the liver is lost. This can occur due to number of reasons which include: conditions that cause hepatic fibrosis 1 cirrhosis haemochromatosis various types of hepatitis 3 particularly chronic hepatitis conditions that cause cholestasis choledochal cysts: probably from secondary cholestasis 3 certain bile duct tumours: will also usually show of accompanying biliary duct dilatation biliary atresia 3 diffusely infiltrating hepatic metastases hepatic lymphoproliferative diseases hepatic lymphoma: although generally presents as a focal liver disease hepatic leukaemia small multiple biliary hamartomas as a hepatic manifestation of sickle cell disease. Metabolic abnormalities hepatic amyloidosis 5 glycogen storage disease 3.