Comparative Study of Ultrasound-guided Percutaneous Omental Biopsy in Cirrhotics and Noncirrhotics

To evaluate the safety and efficacy of ultrasound-guided (US-guided) omental biopsy in patients with liver cirrhosis and compare these with the noncirrhotic patients. We retrospectively studied the US-guided omental biopsies (73 males, 14 females with mean age 52.71 ± 15.90 y) between January 2012 a...

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Published in:Journal of clinical and experimental hepatology 2020-05, Vol.10 (3), p.194-200
Main Authors: Patidar, Yashwant, Chalamarla, Lakshmi K., Mukund, Amar, Rastogi, Archana, Sharma, Manoj K.
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Language:English
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biopsy
cirrhosis
omentum
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Summary:To evaluate the safety and efficacy of ultrasound-guided (US-guided) omental biopsy in patients with liver cirrhosis and compare these with the noncirrhotic patients. We retrospectively studied the US-guided omental biopsies (73 males, 14 females with mean age 52.71 ± 15.90 y) between January 2012 and December 2018. Patients with biopsy-proven liver cirrhosis (n = 31) who underwent omental biopsy were included in Group 1, and patients without any features of the chronic liver disease (n = 56) were included in Group 2. The technical success, diagnostic parameters, complications, imaging appearance, and histopathology spectrum were compared between the two groups. Also, univariate analysis was done to evaluate the association of a parameter with histopathology. The technical success, sample adequacy, diagnostic accuracy of Group 1 were 100%, 96.77%, and 96.77%, respectively, and for Group 2, these were 100%, 98.21%, and 98.21%, respectively. The sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value of Group 1 were 95%, 100%, 100%, 91.67%, respectively, and for Group 2, these were 97.92%, 100%, 100%, 88.89%, respectively. There was one complication of abdominal wall hematoma in Group 1 (3.2%), which was managed conservatively. Smudged imaging appearance and nonspecific inflammation on histopathology were more common in Group 1, and there was a significant association of increased omental thickening with specific pathology in Group 1. US-guided omental biopsy in patients with liver cirrhosis is safe and effective with comparable results to noncirrhotic patients.
ISSN:0973-6883
2213-3453
DOI:10.1016/j.jceh.2019.10.003