What is the diagnosis of polycystic liver?

The diagnosis of polycystic liver disease includes physical examination, imaging examination, other examinations, etc.

First, physical examination, doctors

can preliminarily understand the time of illness and the size of abdominal mass when the patient has medical history inquiry and palpation examination, so that doctors can make a preliminary diagnosis of the disease.

Second, imaging examination

1. Ultrasound examination When the

patient has ultrasound examination, the doctor can observe the pathological changes of the liver under ultrasound, determine the number, size and growth site of cysts, and provide a basis for doctors to make a diagnosis of polycystic liver disease.

2. CT examination

CT has high sensitivity and resolution. When the patient has CT examination, the doctor can find cysts less than 1 cm in diameter, which is helpful to diagnose polycystic liver disease.

3. Other examinations When the patient

has molecular diagnostic examination, the doctor can obtain information related to genes in the body, and determine whether the occurrence of polycystic liver is related to gene mutation.