Are Ultrasound And FibroScan Completely Different Tests (regarding Liver)?

[Vinny]

Sorry, couldn,t find the answer myself.

So, went for a couple of times, a few years ago to a doctor (a very good and experienced one) and he watched my intestines with ultrasound.
He managed to find things in me, that no other doctor before was able to spot. He said that my liver, gallbladder and ducts are very good, no sign of pathology whatsoever. He didn,t mention anything about fat in the liver. I wonder however, if the device was not a FibroScan, would he been able at all to to determine some fat in the liver? If I want to be sure about my liver,s condition (fatty or no), do I have to go to another specialist, who,s got the right machine?

 

[Lotte]

Sorry, couldn,t find the answer myself.

So, went for a couple of times, a few years ago to a doctor (a very good and experienced one) and he watched my intestines with ultrasound.
He managed to find things in me, that no other doctor before was able to spot. He said that my liver, gallbladder and ducts are very good, no sign of pathology whatsoever. He didn,t mention anything about fat in the liver. I wonder however, if the device was not a FibroScan, would he been able at all to to determine some fat in the liver? If I want to be sure about my liver,s condition (fatty or no), do I have to go to another specialist, who,s got the right machine?

A „normal“ ultrasound is sufficient for diagnosing fatty liver disease, FibroScan measures the stiffness of the liver tissue which correlates with the extend of fibrosis.

 

[Vinny]

A „normal“ ultrasound is sufficient for diagnosing fatty liver disease, FibroScan measures the stiffness of the liver tissue which correlates with the extend of fibrosis.

Thanks a lot!

 

[brocktoon]

Thanks a lot!

FibroScan also measures fat composition in addition to fibrosis. Had one recently. Was "glad" to be told I had little/low liver fibrosis but high fat content.