Acing the boards Liver 2 Flashcards
Favorable biomedical indicators in liver failure
-hypophosphatemia
-Elevated AFP (>4 after ALT peaks)
-Elevated factor V
Persistent hypotension in ALF
Adrenal insufficiency
fascioliasis treatment?
Nitazoxanide
Shepherd + infection
fascioliasis, echinococcus
Infection +
New Serum sickness
Schistosomiasis
Right lobe liver cyst (infection)
Amebiasis, echinococcus
New LFT elevation + new Transverse myelitis
Schistosomiasis
Abscess with “anchovy paste”
Amebiasis
New Liver injury + new Epilepsy
Schistosomiasis
Uncooked fish + liver infection
Chlonorchis
Portal HTN without signs of cirrhosis + infection
Schistosomiasis
Contaminated freshwater plants + infection
Fascioliasis
Found unconscious with hepatic bruit
Alcoholic hepatitis
HBV cirrhosis + with hepatic bruit
HCC
cystic mass in the gastroduodenal ligament between the pancreatic head and left liver lobe + hepatic bruit
extrahepatic hepatic artery aneurysm (