MATERIALS AND METHODS Forty male patients in the Gastrointestinal Section of this
hospital with the diagnosis of cirrhosis were studied. The diagnosis was confirmed in 33 …

The primary application of radioisotope scanning technics to the liver has involved the
differentiation of non-functioning masses from the normal functioning liver parenchyma (1, 2 …

The correlation between the clinical phenomena and anatomic structure of hepatic, cirrhosis
has not yet been established. The marked agonal and postmortem changes which the liver …

The liver, reduced to a third of its ordi-nary size.. seemed entirely composed of a multitude of
small grains, round or ovoid in form, the size of which varied from that of a millet seed to that …

The results of seven laboratory tests of liver function, including spleen/liver activity ratios
obtained by densitometric analysis of scans, are analyzed in 50 patients with proven …

available liver function tests and clinical esti mation of liver size. Liver histology or informa.
tion from lapizrotomy without biopsy was avail. able for comparison in 173 patients. In. 143 …

Transverse images of cirrhotic livers revealed specific morphological changes. The right
lobe exhibited relatively greater shrinkage, while the caudate lobe underwent relative …

The hepatic and portal venous systems were studied by postmortem contrast radiography in
12 cirrhosis patients. The hepatic venous system was abnormal in 11 cases, the most …

THE PERIODIC REEVALUATION OF CIRRHOSIS in reviews such as this shows lingering
disagreement about its clinical and pathologic significance. At one extreme, elimination of …

The results of liver function tests were charted on a standard diagram and an attempt was
made to correlate the results with biopsy liver sections taken by puncture of the organ …