What Do Black Spots On Liver In An Ultrasound Report Indicate?

Posted on Tue, 18 Nov 2014

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Question : I had an ultrasound on my abdomen today and i caught a glimpse of it and saw these black spots on the liber portion. Does thag appear normal? Ill have reaults ny the wnd of the week but im hoping to relieve my nerves..

Answered by Dr. Vivek Chail (5 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Black spots are normal structures (gall bladder,portal veins,biliary ducts)

Detailed Answer:
Hi XXXX
Thanks for writing in to us.

I have read through your query in detail.
Being a radiologist I interpret ultrasound images everyday and your query is important to me.

The liver has got a larger right lobe and smaller left lobe.

1. The gall bladder is also visualized when evaluating the liver and appears as an elongated black shadow on ultrasound scan.
The gall bladder is seen on the following images provided by you
first row images 3 and 4
second row image 1
third row image 1
fourth row image 1

2. The liver veins (portal venous channels) and bile ducts also appear as small black rounded small dots on cross section.
It is seen on the following images
first row image 3
second row images 2 and 3
fourth row images 2 and 3

I reassure you that the black spots are normal structures as seen on images provided.

Hope this answers your question. Please feel free to correct any oversight in my interpretation of your problems and discuss them in detail as per your requirements.

Hope your query is answered.
Do write back if you have any doubts.

Regards,
Dr.Vivek

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Vaishalee Punj