Question 130 · LEK · Liver biopsy
Which of the following is not an indication for liver biopsy?
- A. evaluation of the transplanted liver condition or the condition of the donor’s liver before the planned transplantation.
- B. monitoring of drug hepatotoxicity or treatment effectiveness in some liver diseases.
- C. abdominal pain located in the right upper quadrant with a fever and a suspicion of cholangitis.
- D. diagnostics of biochemical features of liver damage that has not been successfully assessed with other examinations.
- E. diagnosis, the evaluation of the activity and stage of chronic liver diseases.
Hint
Which situation is an acute biliary emergency diagnosed by imaging rather than by examining liver tissue?
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