COVID-19 Patients Show Liver Injury Months After Infection (IMAGE)

Radiological Society of North America

COVID-19 Patients Show Liver Injury Months After Infection

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A 55-year-old female with a history of COVID-19 infection 38 weeks before the date of ultrasound shear wave elastography. The shear wave speed of 1.91 m/s corresponds to Young’s modulus of 10.94 kPa which indicates abnormally high liver stiffness and may reflect chronic liver injury.

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RSNA and Firouzeh Heidari, M.D.

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