Gall Bladder and Pancreas Flashcards
Describe the clinicopathologic findings in the common non-neoplastic gallbladder disorders Describe the clinicopathologic findings in the common non-neoplastic extrahepatic bile duct disorders Describe the pathologic features of common gallbladder tumors Describe the pathologic features of common extrahepatic bile duct tumors Describe the clinicopathologic findings in and causes of acute and chronic pancreatitis Describe the pathologic features common pancreas tumors (pseudocyst, adenocarci
most common type of gall-stones
cholesterol
make up of pigmented stones
bilirubin calcium salts
pathernogenesis of cholesterol genes
cholesterol supersaturates bile –> crystalizes out of solution + hypomobility of the gallbladder and mucus hypersecretion
major factor causing pigmented stones in US
sickle cell
ethnic group most predisopsed to cholesterol stones
native americans
5 fs of gallbladder risk
fat, fair, forty, fertile, female
stones that are mostly radiopaque
pigment
stones that arise excusivily in the gallbaldder
cholesterol
presentation of gallstones
RUQ pain that can be constant or sporadic
complications of gallstones
empyema, perforation, fistulas, pancreatitis, intestinal obstruction
gallbladder is enlarged and tense, bright red or blotchy, and covered by fibrinous exudate
acute cholecystits
present in most acute cholecystitis
gallstone obstructing neck of gallbladder or cystic duct
gallbladder lumen filled with mostly pus called
empyema of the gallbladder
green-black gallbladder
gangernous cholecystitis
acute inflammation of a gallbladder that contains stones is
acute calculous cholesystiitis
can cause non-stone cholecystitis
major surgery, trauma, severe burns, sepsis
upper abdominal pain that radiates to right shoulder with abdominal rigidity
acute calculous cholecystitis
nausea, vominiting and intolerance for fatty foods
chronic cholecystits
complications of cholecystitis
bacterial superinfection with cholangitis
perforation and abcess/peritonitis
billiary enteric fistula
aggravation of preexisting illness
precense of stones within the billiary tree
choledocholithiasis
acute inflammation of the bile ducts
cholangitis
causes of cholangitis
choledocholithiasis
surgery involving biliary tree
tumors, stents acute pancreatis