Measurement of liver and spleen stiffness as complementary methods for assessment of liver fibrosis in autoimmune hepatitis.
Maciej K JanikBeata KrukBenedykt SzczepankiewiczKonrad KostrzewaJoanna Raszeja-WyszomirskaBarbara GórnickaFrank LammertPiotr MilkiewiczMarcin KrawczykPublished in: Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver (2020)
Liver and spleen 2D-SWE are reliable complementary methods for the diagnosis of advanced fibrosis in AIH. Spleen 2D-SWE seems to be less biased by inflammation and could facilitate fibrosis assessment in therapy-naïve patients or in the presence of active hepatitis.