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Biliary System - Part 3 Flashcards

1
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What is the cause of biliary dilatation?

A

Biliary obstruction

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What are the clinical findings of biliary dilatation? (4)

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  1. Asymptomatic
  2. RUQ pain
  3. Jaundice
  4. Elevated direct bilirubin and alkaline phosphatase
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What is the US appearance of biliary dilatation? (3)

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  1. Dilated intrahepatic and/or extrahepatic bile ducts
  2. Parallel channeling
  3. Portal vein may appear flattened
    with progressive dilatation
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4
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What are 2 differential diagnosis for biliary dilatation?

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  1. Normal biliary tree

2. Portal hypertension

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What causes biliary atresia? (2)

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  1. Congenital anomaly

2. Viral infection

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What are 4 complications of biliary atresia?

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  1. Death
  2. Cirrhosis
  3. Cholangitis
  4. Portal hypertension
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What is the clinical finding of biliary atresia?

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Persistent jaundice

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What is the US appearance of biliary atresia? (4)

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  1. Absent hepatic biliary radicles
  2. Small or absent GB
  3. Absent CHD
  4. Hepatomegaly
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What are 2 differential diagnosis for biliary atresia?

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  1. Normal biliary tree

2. Hepatitis

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What are the causes of hemobilia? (3)

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  1. Liver biopsy
  2. Trauma
  3. Vascular malformation
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Hemobilia

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Blood in the biliary tree

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What are the clinical findings for hemobilia? (2)

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  1. Abdominal pain
  2. Hematemesis
    - vomiting blood
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What is the US appearance for hemobilia? (2)

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  1. Low-level echoes within the bile ducts

2. Gravity dependent

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What are 2 differential diagnosis for hemobilia

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  1. Technical error

2. Cholangitis

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Pneumobilia

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Presence of gas in the biliary system

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What can cause pneumobilia? (4)

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  1. Surgical procedure
  2. Trauma
  3. Infection
  4. Incompetent
    sphincter of Oddi
17
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What are the clinical findings of pneumobilia? (2)

A
  1. Asymptomatic

2. RUQ pain

18
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What is the US appearance of pneumobilia? (3)

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  1. Hyper echoic focus(i) in the intrahepatic bile ducts

2. Comet-tail reverberation artifact 3. Often centrally located

19
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What are 3 differential diagnosis for pneumobilia?

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  1. Foreign body
  2. Biliary calculus
  3. Arterial calcification
20
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What are the clinical findings of Caroli disease? (4)

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  1. Abdominal pain
  2. Abdominal cramping
  3. Fever
  4. Intermittent jaundice
21
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What is the US appearance of Caroli disease? (2)

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  1. Segmental, saccular, or beaded appearance of the intrahepatic bile ducts
  2. Multiple cystic structures in the liver that communicate with the biliary tree
22
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What are 2 differential diagnosis for Caroli disease? (2)

A
  1. Polycystic liver disease

2. Biliary obstruction

23
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What is clonorchiasis caused by?

A

Ingestion of raw freshwater fish

24
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Clonorchiasis

A

Infectious disease

25
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What are the clinical findings for clonorchiasis? (3)

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  1. RUQ pain
  2. Fever
  3. Leukocytosis
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What is the US appearance for clonorchiasis? (3)

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  1. Dilatation of the intrahepatic bile ducts
  2. Diffuse thickening of the bile duct walls
  3. Echogenic focus within the bile duct
27
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What are 2 differential diagnosis for clonorchiasis?

A
  1. Cholangitis

2. Cholangiocarcinoma

28
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Klatskin tumour

A

Is a cholangiocarcinoma occurring at the confluence of the right and left hepatic bile ducts

29
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What are the clinical findings of Klatskin tumour? (6)

A
  1. Jaundice
  2. Acute onset of abdominal pain
  3. Biliary colic
  4. Weight loss
  5. Elevated bilirubin and alkaline phosphatase levels
  6. Mild increase in AST and ALT levels
30
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What is the US appearance of Klatskin tumour? (3)

A
  1. Small echogenic mass near the hepatic hilum
  2. Dilatation of the intrahepatic bile ducts
  3. Normal extrahepatic bile ducts
31
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What are 4 differential diagnosis for Klatskin tumour?

A
  1. Artifact
  2. . Portal vein thrombosis
  3. Hepatic tumour
  4. Lymphadenopathy

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