Transient periportal hyperechogenicity in feverish patients: a novel ultrasonographic finding.

Muhammad Abd El-Gawad ShawkyAhmed Samir Abd EltawabAhmed Abd-Elrady Ahmed

Published in: Journal of ultrasound (2019)

Transient periportal hyperechogenicity is a frequent ultrasonographic finding in feverish patients irrespective of the cause of fever, and hence should not be misdiagnosed as liver disease or chronic periportal fibrosis unless the hyperechogenicity persists after recovery from the febrile or inflammatory condition.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
prognostic factors
peritoneal dialysis
patient reported outcomes
brain injury