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Chapter 11 ( Exocrine Pancrease , Gallbladder , Liver ) Flashcards

1
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Complication of annular pancreas ?

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Duodenal obstruction

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Mechanism of acute pancreatitis ?

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Premature activation of trypsin leads to activation of other pancreatic enzymes
Leads to liquefactive hemorrhagic necrosis of pancreas and fat necrosis of the peripancreatic fat

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Most common causes of chronic pancreatitis ?

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Recurrent acute pancreatitis
Alcohol
Cystic fibrosis

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Dystrophic calcification of pancreatic parenchyma on imaging ?

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Chain of lakes : due to dilatation of pancreatic ducts

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5
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Major risk factors for pancreatic carcinoma ?

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Smocking

Chronic pancreatitis

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6
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Trousseau sign in pancreatic carcinoma ?

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Migratory thrombophlebitis , presents as swelling , erythema and tenderness in the extremities
Seen in 10% of patients with pancreatic carcinoma

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7
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Serum tumor marker of pancreatic carcinoma ?

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CA19-9

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Whipple procedure ?

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Used in ttt of pancreatic carcinoma in which we remove :
1- head and neck of pancreas
2- proximal duodenum
3- gallbladder

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9
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Mechanism of gallstones ?

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Precipitation of cholesterol or bilirubin in bile which arises with :
1- supersaturation of cholesterol or bilirubin
2- decreased phospholipids or bile acids
3- stasis

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10
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Percentage of radiopaque cholesterol stones ? Mechanism ?

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10%

Due to associated calcium

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11
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Risk factors for cholesterol stones ?

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1- age 
2- estrogen 
3- colfibrate 
4- native american ethnicity 
5- crohn disease
6- cirrhosis
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Risk factors for bilirubin stones ?

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1- extravascular hemolysis

2- biliary tract infection ( E coli , Ascaris lumbricoids , Clonorchis sinensis )

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Mechanism of biliary colic ?

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Due to gallbladder contracting against a stone lodged in the cystic duct

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Mechanism of acute cholecystitis ?

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Impacted stone in the cystic duct —> dilatation —> pressure ischemia —> bacterial overgrowth (E coli) —> inflammation

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What enzyme increases in acute cholecystitis ?

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Serum alkaline phosphatase

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Rokitansky-Aschoff sinus ?

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Herniation of gallbladder mucosa into the muscular wall in chronic cholecystitis

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17
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Mechanism of ascending cholangitis ?

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Due to ascending infection with enteric gram negative bacteria
Increased incidence with Choledocholithiasis

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Mechanism of gall stone ileus ?

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Due to cholecystitis with fistula formation between the gallbladder and small bowl —> gallstone enters and obstruct the small bowel

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19
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Presentation of gallbladder carcinoma ?

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As cholecystitis in elderly woman

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20
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Mechanism of gallbladder carcinoma ?

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Adenocarcinoma that arises from glandular epithelium that lines the gallbladder

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21
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Hall mark of Dubin-Johnson syndrome ?

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Dark liver

Otherwise not clinically significant

22
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Rotor syndrome ?

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Similar to Dubin-Johnson syndrome but lacks liver discoloration

23
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Lab findings of obstructive jaundice ?

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⬆️ Conjugated bilirubin
⬇️ Urobilinogen
⬆️ Alkaline phosphatase enzyme

24
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In viral hepatitis , dark urine is because of increased ?

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Urine Bilirubin

25
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Urobilinogen in liver hepatitis ?

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Normal or decreased

26
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Causes of Viral hepatitis ?

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Hepatitis viruses
CMV
EBV

27
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Inflammation involves what in acute and chronic hepatitis ?

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Acute : lobules of the liver and portal tracts and characterized by apoptosis of hepatocytes

Chronic : portal tracts

28
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Why is HEV infection is dangerous in pregnant women ?

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As its associated with fulminant hepatitis ( liver failure with massive liber necrosis )

29
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Incidence of chronic hepatitis in HBV infected patients ?

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20%

30
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Which factor mediates fibrosis in liver cirrhosis ? From which cells ?

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TGF-Beta

From Stellate cells ( which lies beneath the endothelial cells that lines the sinusoids )

31
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Coagulapathy of liver cirrhosis is followed by ?

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PT

32
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Manifestations of hyperestrinism in liver cirrhosis ?

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Gynecomastia
Spider angiomata
Palmar erythema

33
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Most common cause of liver disease in the west ?

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Alcohol

34
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Alcoholic hepatitis mediated by ? Characteristics ? Presentation ?

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Acetaldehyde mediates damage

Characterized by : swelling of hepatocytes with formation of Mallory bodies , necrosis and acute inflammation

Presents with :
Painful hepatomegaly
Elevated liver enzymes ( AST > ALT )

35
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Mechanism of Mallory bodies ?

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Damaged cytokeratine filaments

36
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Incidence of cirrhosis in alcoholics ?

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10-20%

37
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Liver enzymes with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease ?

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ALT > AST

38
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Iron deposition in tissues ?

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Hemosiderosis

39
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Iron organ damage by generation of free radicles ?

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Hemochromatosis

40
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Primary hemochromatosis defect ?

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Autosomal recessive mutation in the HFE gene 
Usually C282Y ( Cysteine is replaced by Tyrosine at amino acid 282 )
41
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Liver biopsy finding in Hemochromatosis ?

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Accumulation of brown pigment in hepatocytes

Iron is distinguished from Lipofuscin by Prussian blue stain which stains iron by blue color

42
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Lipofuscin ?

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A brown pigment that is a by product from turn over of peroxidized lipids , commonly present in hepatocytes ( the grey hair of hepatocytes )

43
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Wilson disease defect ?

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Autosomal recessive mutation of ATP7B gene which encodes ATP mediated hepatocyte copper transport
Results in lack of copper transport into bile and lack of copper incorporation onto ceruloplasmin

44
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Mechanism of tissue damage in Wilson disease ?

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Copper-mediated production of hydroxyl free radicals leads to tissue damage

45
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Lab findings of Wilson disease ? Ttt ?

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⬆️ urinary copper
⬇️ ceruloplasmin
⬆️ copper on liver biopsy

Ttt : D-penicillamine ( chelates copper )

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Primary biliary cirrhosis mechanism ? Presentation ?

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Autoimmune granulomatous destruction of INTRAHEPATIC bile ducts

Presents with features of obstructive jaundice

47
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Primary sclerosing cholangitis mechanism ? Appearance on biopsy and imaging ? Etiology ?

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Inflammation and fibrosis of intrahepatic and extrahepatic bile ducts

On biopsy : periductal fibrosis appears as Onion-Skin

On contrast imaging : uninvolved regions are dilated giving Beaded appearance

Etiology : unknown but is associated with Ulcerative Colitis
p-ANCA is often positive

48
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Mechanism of Reye syndrome ?

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Mitochondrial damage of hepatocytes leading ti fulminant liver failure and encephalopathy in children with viral illness who take Aspirin

49
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Hepatic adenoma is associated with ? Complications ?

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Oral contraceptive use , regresses upon cessation of the drug
( Tumor is subcapsular and grows with exposure to estrogen )

Complications : risk of rupture and intraperitoneal bleeding especially during pregnancy

50
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Mechanism of Aflatoxins fro Aspergillus in causing heaptocellular carcinoma ?

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Induce p53 mutation

51
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Hepatocellular carcinoma increases risk for ? Presentation ?

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Budd-Chiari syndrome :
Liver infarction secondary to hepatic vein obstruction
Presents with Painful hepatomegaly and ascites

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