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I had a fibroscan & the results are metavir score f1, portal fibrosis w/o septa, median e 3.6 kpa, & iqr is 0.5 kpa. ultrasound is heterogeneous & 2 biliary tract dilatation (no galbladder)& mass in upper right quad. can you explain this please?

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Dr. James Burns answered

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I think it : best and most efficacious if you contacted the individual who ordered the scan. Interpreting imaging or laboratory results in most cases is senseless without the clinical component

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Answered 4/1/2019

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A member asked:

I had a fibroscan & the results are metavir score f1, portal fibrosis w/o septa, median e 3.6 kpa, & iqr is 0.5 kpa. ultrasound is heterogeneous & 2 biliary tract dilatation (no galbladder)& mass in upper right quad. can you explain this please?

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Dr. James Burns answered

Dr Zimon and another doctor agreed

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