GI And liver Flashcards
DNA hepatitis
B
Unenveloped hepatitis
A and E
IV hepatitis
BCD
Hep A diagnosis
Serum IgM ABs
Hep B diagnosis
HBsAg
AB to HBcAg
PCR for HBV DNA
Hep C diagnosis
3rd gen ELISA for AB detection
PCR for HCV RNA
Hep D Diagnosis
IgM and IgG ABs
Serum RNA
HDAg in liver
Hep E diagnosis
IgG and IgM ABs serum
PCR for RNA
Serology carrier hep B
HBsAg present
HBeAg not present
Anti HBeAB present
Normal transaminases
Low/ undetectable HBV DNA
Liver bx no inflamation or necrosis
UC
spreads prox from rectum
broad based shallow ulcers, mucosa only
no strictures
multiple pseudopolyps
toxic megacolon
Crohns
skip lesions
cobblestone
transmural
rik calcium oxalate stones
strictures, deep ulcers
non caseating granulomas
coeliac
tissue transglutaminase and gliadin blood tests
diffuse enteritis with flattened villi
assoc dermatitis herpetiform
Whipple disease
assoc HLA B27
tropherma whippeli infection
lamina propria SI laden macrophages
diarrhoea, statorrhoea, fever weight loss, migratory arthritis, brain involvement
Blood tests liver
hepatocyte - ALT AST LDH
bile canaliculi - ALP GGT
Scar formation liver
collagen release by stellate (Ida cells)
Cirrhosis morphology
proliferating hepatocyte surrounded by on going fibrosis
- fibrous septae
- parenchymal nodules
- disruption architecture
Acute liver failue
80% function lost
80% die without transplant
acute illness assoc encephalopathy and coagulopathy
within 26 weeks initial illness
absence pre existing liver disease
Ascites
85% due to cirrhosis
low protein fluid
amount of lymph thoracic cavity exceeds thoracic duct capacity