[Clinico-morphologic and echographic comparisons during the study of the liver in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis and diabetes mellitus].

A comparative clinico-morphologic and echographic study of the liver in 50 patients with pulmonary tuberculosis and diabetes mellitus was conducted. Comprehensive examination confirmed the following conditions: chronic active hepatitis in 3; chronic persistent hepatitis in 8; non-specific reactive hepatitis in 4; liver cirrhosis in 3; fatty degeneration in 10; and fibrosis of the liver in 22 patients. Ultrasonic examination made it possible to observe the most evident changes in chronic active hepatitis, liver cirrhosis and fatty degeneration, while less evident changes were seen in chronic persistent hepatitis, non-specific reactive hepatitis and fibrosis of the liver. Thus, an ultrasonic examination reflecting a certain morphologic restructuring of the organ may render a great help in detecting different forms of the liver lesions.