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Hello respected doctor i recently got through laproscopic cholecystectomy so I did some imageing (cect and ultrasound) both are normal in context of liver apart from borderline hepatomegaly liver is 15.0 cm In routine lft test sgot is 40.6 and sgpt 76 I am overweight bmi is 32 I read a lot of things on internet about liver conditions currently I do life style modification 40 minutes exercise a day. Is fibro scan necessary

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Dr. Dhruv Sharma

GastroIntestinal Surgeon 10 yrs exp Lucknow

Fibroscan will give an objective measure of the amount of fat in your liver, which can be used to track the effect of lifestyle modification.

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Other tests like Lipid profile, Thyroid profile, HbA1C and an MRCP also in your case.

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Dr. Arunkumar U Gastroenterologist 9 yrs exp Shimoga · Accepted Answer

Dr. Arunkumar U

Gastroenterologist 9 yrs exp Shimoga

It looks like u r having NASH... Needed to start on medications and also some more blood tests r needed..After 2 months get one repeat LFT.. Reduce BMI and target it upto 24.. if persistent elevated LFT after all measures needed fibroscan n liver biopsy