Prevalencia de esteatosis hepática en pacientes con solicitud de estudio tomográfico abdominal. Departamento de Imagenología, Hospital 'José Carrasco Arteaga'.Cuenca, 2012-2013

“Fatty liver is a frequently found condition in patients who undergo medical procedures “(4) easy to diagnose with the use of a computed tomography. It is mainly associated with obesity, insulin resistance and alcohol abuse. This illness can have different manifestations when viewed with the use of diagnostic exams, some of which can lead to future unnecessary procedures, which is why it is very important that the radiologist be familiar with this disease (4). This is a descriptive study, in which the prevalence of fatty liver was researched, with the results of 40% prevalence. This research was done with the support and the permission of the Directives of the Department of Radio Diagnostic. The total numbers of subjects were made up of patients that arrived for services offered by the imaging department of the Hospital “Jose Carrasco Arteaga” with an order for a simple abdominal CT scan, the sample used were 300 patients over the age of 30, the prevalence was then related with the following variables: age, gender, weight, height, Body Mass Index (BMI), CT scan characteristics. The results were as follows: a prevalence of fatty liver in 40% of the sample. With 53% being male, higher in patients between the ages of 30- 39, a 67% with normal BMI, 75% live in an urban area and 53% have a normal sized liver.