Issue 4/2024
Balabanska, R.,
Acibadem City Clinic Tokuda Hospital – Sofia
A complex assessment of the condition of the liver can be obtained with non-invasive methods such as laboratory tests, abdominal ultrasonography and transient elastography of the liver with Fibroscan. Thus, it can be determined whether there is steatosis and what is its degree, to specify whether fibrosis is present and whether it has progressed to liver cirrhosis. Any overweight or obese patient, with present DM type 2 or a family history of DM, anyone with regular or excessive alcohol consumption or viral hepatitis should undergo a prophylactic liver examination with non-invasive measurement of steatosis and liver fibrosis.
Key words: liver steatosis, Fibroscan
Address for correspondence:
Rozalina Balabanska
Acibadem City Clinic Tokuda Hospital – Sofia
51B, „Nikola Vaptsarov”, Blvd.
1407, Sofia
e-mail: rozabalabanska@abv.bg