Abdo Flashcards
Signs of chronic liver disease - general inspection (4)
Cachexia
Icterus
Excoriation
Bruising
Signs of chronic liver disease - hands (4)
Leuconychia
Clubbing
Dupuytrens contractures
Palmar erythema
Signs of chronic liver disease - face (3)
Xanthelasma
Parotid swelling
Fetor hepaticus
Signs of chronic liver disease - chest and abdo (5)
Spider naevi
Caput Medusa
Reduced body hair
Gynaecomastia
Testicular atrophy
Evidence of decompensation in liver patient (3)
Ascites - shifting dullness
Asterixis
Encephalopathy
Causes of hepatomegaly (6)
Cirrhosis (alcoholic)
Carcinoma (secondaries)
Congestive cardiac failure
Infectious - HBV/HCV
Immune - PBC/PSC/autoimmune hepatitis
Infiltrative - amyloid/myeloproliferative disorders
NILS screen (7)
Autoantibodies/immunoglobulins - AMA, ASMA, anti LKM, ANA, ANCA
Hep B/C serology
Ferritin
Caeruloplasmin
Alpha 1 antitrypsin
AFP
EBV/CMV
Complications of cirrhosis (8)
Variceal haemorrhage
portal HTN
Hepatic encephalopathy
SBP
Ascites
HCC
Hepatorenal syndrome
Clotting disorders
Causes of Ascites (3)
Cirrhosis
Carcinomatosis
CCF
Causes of palmar erythema (5)
Cirrhosis
Hyperthyroidism
RA
Pregnancy
Polycythaemia
Causes of gynaecomastia (6)
Physiological - puberty /senility
Kleinfelters syndrome
Cirrhosis
Drugs - sprionolactone/digoxin
Testicular tumour/orchidectomy
Endocrinopathy - hyper/hypothyroidism/ addisons
Signs of haemochromatosis (7)
Increased skin pigmentation
Stigmata of chronic liver disease
Hepatomegaly
Venesection
Liver biopsy
Joint replacement
Abdominal rooftop incision
Evidence of complications of haemochromatosis (4)
Bronze diabetes - Injection sites
Hypogonadism
CCF
Arthropathy - pseudogout
Autoantibody for PBC
AMA
Autoantibody for autoimmune hepatitis
ASMA
Inheritance of haemochromatosis
Autosomal recessive
Chromosome 6
HFE gene mutation - regulates gut iron absorption
Carrier rate 1:10
Males affected earlier - no periods
Investigation of haemochromatosis and results (8)
Raised ferritin
Raised transferrin saturation
Reduced total iron binding capacity
Liver biopsy
Genotyping
Blood sugars (diabetes)
ECG/CXR/echo (CCF)
Liver USS /AFP (HCC)
Treatment of haemochromatosis (4)
Regular venesection (1 unit per week until deficient, then 1 unit 3-4 times/year)
Avoid alcohol
Surveillance for HCC
Liver transplant - 50% 1 year survival, high mortality due to cardiac and infectious complications
Family screening for haemochromatosis (3)
Iron studies
Liver biopsy
Genotype analysis
Examination findings associated with splenomegaly (8)
Anaemia
Lymphadenopathy
Purpura
LUQ mass - moves inferomedially, has notch, dull to percussion, cannot get above
Hepatomegaly
Stigmata of chronic liver disease
Splinter haemorrhages/murmurs
Rheumatoid hands - felty syndrome
Causes of massive splenomegaly >8cm (4)
Myeloproliferative disorders - CML and myelofibrosis
Tropical infections - malaria, visceral leishmaniasis/kala-azar
Causes of moderate splenomegaly 4-8cm (4)
Myeloproliferative disorders
Lymphoproliferative disorders
Infiltration - gauchers and amyloidosis
Causes of a palpable spleen tip (4)
Myelo/lymphoproliferative disorders
Portal HTN
Infections - EBV, endocarditis, infective hepatitis
Haemolytic anaemia
Investigations for splenomegaly (7)
USS abdo
FBC and blood film
CT chest and abdo
Bone marrow aspirate and trephine
Lymph node biopsy
Thick and thin films (malaria)
Viral serology