Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease CT

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Editor in Chief: Elliot Tapper, M.D., Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

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Imaging is often ordered in the workup of suspected NAFLD.Problematically, ultrasound of fatty liver reveals a hyperechoic echotexture - a so-called 'bright liver' - that can often be indistinguishable from fibrosis and generally cannot reliably delineate NAFLD from NASH. CT scan may be helpful in the diagnosis of complications of NAFDL, which include structure of the liver.