DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUE FOR HEPATIC CIRRHOSIS AND HEPATIC CANCER WITH CIRRHOSIS Russian patent published in 2015 - IPC A61B8/00 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: substance of the presented differential diagnostic technique for hepatic cirrhosis and hepatic cancer with cirrhosis consists in combining a transabdominal ultrasonic examination alongside with an endosonography and a strain elastography of the liver. If observing a cirrhotic pattern of changes, a curved probe is series placed in a projection of the 1^st, 2^nd, 4^th, 5^th, 8^th segments, namely in a descending portion, a duodenal bulb, an antrum and a body of stomach. Differential coefficients of the strain elastography SR is determined, and if the differential coefficient fall within the range of 50 to 100 standard units, hepatic cirrhosis is diagnosed, while the differential coefficient of more than 100 standard units enable diagnosing hepatic cancer with cirrhosis.

EFFECT: performing the strain elastography enables the timely and reliable differentiation of hepatic cirrhosis and hepatic cancer with cirrhosis.

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