Update MRI and advice

[Bazinga89]

Hello. I've had MRI on friday and I have my results

description: gallbladder without concrements

bile pathways not widened

liver completely enlarged with heterogeneous enhancement after administration of contrast agent, perfusion abnormalities without focal changes.

liver, kidneys, adrenal glands normal and unchanged

there was no evidence of free fluid in what was abdominal

no enlarged lymph nodes

Nothing about cirrhosis. If it will be there they will write it on my result description?

[AyrshireK]

It's up to your doctor to decipher and determine what all that med speak means - there are obviously issues with the liver enlargement and heterogenous means that the liver isn't all the same all the way through so something is going on.

I know hubbies ultrasound scans do say the word 'cirrhosis' but that might be a reporting difference.

Leave it to your doctor to interpret for you rather than us lay people who are not experts on the med speak. Plus the scan needs to be looked at along with whatever other tests you've had to establish the full picture.

Hope you have a follow up appointment soon to discuss the finding.

Katie

[Bazinga89 in reply to AyrshireK]

Thanks but thing is I done mri in private clinic becouse my consultant keeps saying to wait 6 months... but I wanted to know if it is any progress... even if I show him this he have his own opinion of biopsy results and only sticks to that

[AyrshireK in reply to Bazinga89]

Unfortunately this is the danger of going private for a solitary test - unless it is reviewed along with all your other notes then all you've got is a report which sounds like it confirms your own doctors diagnosis and you are no further forward.

As you have a diagnosis of severe fibrosis with bridging/incomplete cirrhosis then it is going to take some time to see any improvement which is why your specialist has already said he would look at scanning you again 6 months down the line.

A fibroscan may be a more useful test for you (in the future) to see if there is any marked improvement in your kPa score. It sounds like you've been doing all the right things to improve matters but it took years to reach the damaged state it is in and it isn't going to heal in a matter of a few weeks.

Katie