[Clinical and ultrasonic diagnosis of diseases of the hepatobiliary system in chronic alcoholics].

Functional and structural changes of the hepato-biliary system were assessed in 56 persons with different forms of chronic alcoholism. In patients with prenosological forms of chronic alcoholism despite the absence of clinical manifestations and functional disorders of the liver, phenomena of fatty infiltration of the liver were revealed by means of ultrasound examination. Patients with chronic alcoholism of grade II and III showed an increase of the activity of aminotransferases, increased values of the thymol test, hypoalbuminemia, disorders of lipid metabolism. Phenomena of chronic hepatitis and liver cirrhosis were revealed by ultrasound examination in these patients.