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What would be a normal healthy fibroscan result? what is normal kpa value for healthy liver?

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Dr. Robert Killian answered

Specializes in General Practice

Normal: That your liver has no stiffness or fibrosis.

Answered 5/31/2019

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Dr. Natalie Sieb answered

Specializes in Family Medicine

Normal: In general, we would consider a reading of 7 kPa or less a healthy liver. Anything above suggests varying degrees of fibrosis of the liver which can be due to a number of disease processes. Often this scan is used when there is already known presence of a liver disease.

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