(Scheuer, 1973): nodular regeneration, fragmentation of the biopsy with fibrosis at the margins and wide postnecrotic collapse with an abnormal relationship between portal tracts and central veins, and evidence of active liver-cell hyperplasia.In order to compare the findings by the two methods, only the cases diagnosed as cirrhosis by one or both procedures were selected. Necropsy was performed in 16 of these cases, confirming the diagnosis made.
ResultsThe combination of both methods yielded a diagnosis of cirrhosis in 152 out of the 473 patients examined. A positive histological and peritoneoscopic diagnosis was obtained in 111 (73 %), and in 41 cases only one of the two procedures yielded the diagnosis. In the remaining 321 patients cirrhosis was excluded after the examination.Among the 41 cases in which a discrepancy was found, cirrhosis was diagnosed histologically in 27 and peritoneoscopically in 14. Thus the total number of 'apparent' positive results of peritoneoscopy was 125 (82.3 %) and of liver biopsy 138 (90.7 %/). The percentage of 'apparent' false-negative results is 17-7 % for peritoneoscopy and 9.3 % for liver biopsy.