Hepatocellular disease
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What does it mean when the radiologist refers to underlying hepatocellular disease?
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Notes on Hepatocellular disease
Guest nj06380
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You provide little information on what's going on with your health, but "hepatocellular" disease may indicate fatty liver, which occurs in the cells. Cellular disease is certainly better than "parenchymal" disease, which is disease of the whole organ.
Fatty liver can resolve completely, through diet and weight loss or restricting or eliminating alcohol. This is something you need to keep tabs on and follow your doctors recommendations.
Hope you get some better news soon!
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Guest nj06380
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I'm not positive, but I believe a diffuse parenchyma simply refers to a fatty liver which produces a bright echo.
A bright, echogenic (fatty) liver can sometimes obscure observation of fibrosis that might be visible if the liver wasn't so fatty. This doesn't mean you have fibrosis, it just means there was substantial fat in the liver which may have obscured other possible observations like echotexture, which can indicate fibrosis when a "coarse echotexture" is observed.
If you're in alcohol recovery, alcoholic fatty liver can largely resolve in around 6 months. A followup ultrasound once fatty liver is resolved might be helpful.