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In Kim1, Yun-Jin Jang, Hunkyu Ryeom
1Department of Radiology, Kyungpook National University Hospital, Jung-Gu, Daegu, Republic of Korea.
Objective:
To investigate if there is difference in hepatic segmental volume distribution according to causes of liver cirrhosis (LC) using computed tomography volumetric analysis.
Methods:
On computed tomographic scans, hepatic segmental volumes were measured in 90 patients with LC of 4 different causes (alcohol, hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV), and cryptogenic cirrhosis). The volumetric indices were compared.
Results:
The volume proportion of the lateral segment in the liver in patients with HBV was significantly higher than in the patients with HCV (P = 0.038). Hepatic volume distribution in alcoholic LC showed differences: larger caudate lobe volume than HBV- and HCV-induced LC (P = 0.029 and P = 0.031), larger right lobe volume (P = 0.043) and smaller proportion of the lateral segment in the liver (P = 0.003) than in HBV-induced LC.
Conclusions:
Computed tomography volumetric analysis showed differences in hepatic segmental volume distribution in cirrhotic patients according to causes of LC.
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