Modern Methods for Detecting Liver Fibrosis

Abstract

A liver fibrosis is the basic element in the development of pathological processes in the liver tissue, and fibrosis degree is a specific sensitive enough marker in case of pathological changes in the liver under the influence of different etiologic factors. There are invasive, minimally invasive and non-invasive methods for detecting liver fibrosis. Invasive methods includes needle biopsy as a gold standard. Direct and indirect fibrosis markers belong to minimally invasive techniques. Non-invasive methods include elastography and elastometry. Modern hepato­logy used all of these methods.

Keywords

• liver fibrosis
• trepanbiopsy
• fibrosis markers
• elastometry
• elastography