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Ultrasound said liver was "mildly coarse" but liver biopsy was normal except for 10% steatosis. are these conflicting?

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No.: Mildly coarse is consistent with slight fatty infiltration of the liver add the biopsy showed. US is not very useful for quantifying the amount of fat in the liver.

Answered 7/26/2015

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A member asked:

Ultrasound said liver was "mildly coarse" but liver biopsy was normal except for 10% steatosis. are these conflicting?

A doctor has provided 1 answer

Dr. Alan Heideman answered

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