Abstract
We measured the width and height of lesions on the liver surface of chronic liver diseases of a new peritoneoscopic measuring system, developed with cooperation of Machida Endoscope Co.. This scope emitted diffraction beams in parallel by an argon laser of 488-nm wave length. The diffraction spots on the lesion was clearly observed and pictured under ordinary illumination. Not only the width but also the height of lesions was easily measured by counting the number of spots by the order of 0.1mm. In this study, chronic diseases were classified in chronic aggressive hepatitis 2A (5 cases), chronic aggressive hepatitis 2B (6 cases), early cirrhosis (6 cases) and cirrhosis (27 cases). The results were as follows: 1) The liver surface of chronic aggressive hepatitis 2A was smooth. 2) The width of patch was 1.6±0.4mm in diameter and the depth was 0.1±0.1mm in chronic aggressive hepatitis 2B. 3) The diameter of the nodule was 3.2±0.9mm and the ratio of height to diameter was approximately 0.2 in any cirrhosis.
