NON-INVASIVE RADIODIAGNOSIS OF HEPATIC FIBROSIS IN DIABETIC PATIENTS

Abstract

The article presents the results of a study aimed at identifying the clinical, instrumental and laboratory characteristics of patients with fatty liver degeneration and fibrosis developing against the background of diabetes mellitus. The study involved 20 patients with diabetes mellitus and steatosis aged from 35 to 60 years and older, in whom the degree of liver steatosis was identified based on the results of conventional ultrasound. Important factors for diagnosing the degree of development and progression of liver fibrosis against the background of diabetes mellitus were changes in laboratory parameters, more precisely in the parameters of the enzymes alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and alkaline phosphatase (ALP). According to the author, the simultaneous use of an almost completely non-invasive radiological diagnostic technique, which is considered elastometry, makes it possible within a short time to establish the degree of change in the elasticity of liver tissue (kPA) and thus timely assess the severity of fibrosis. Comprehensive clinical, instrumental and laboratory studies eliminate the possibility of error and allow for an accurate assessment of inflammatory and destructive changes in the liver in patients with diabetes mellitus.