2.7.6. Sonography
Ascites, Morrison’s pouch)), liver steatosis
ASCITES, LIVER STEATOSIS
Visceral adipose tissue was assessed with sonography according to Armellini et al., 1991 [The liver steatosis grade was assessed with sonography. Quantification followed the criteria (liver echogenicity, posterior beam attenuation and loss of echoes from the walls of the portal veins) given by Saverymuttu et al., 1986 [Ascites was excluded with the examination of potential spaces (including hepatic recesses and around the peripheral hepatic borders; splenic recesses and around the peripheral splenic borders; right sub-phrenic space; left sub-phrenic space; and sub-hepatic space (Morrison’s pouch)) according to Alnumeiri et al., 2015 [