[Echographic diagnosis of diffused liver diseases: histologic correlations]

A personal series of 53 patients is reviewed. The patients were subjected to echography of the liver together with clinical and histological studies after closed biopsy. The cases are analysed and grouped according to stage and severity of the liver condition encountered. All groups showed a good match between echographic and clinicohistological results. The main echographic criteria for liver disease are summarised and illustrated in the light of personal experience and the data published in the most recent literature.