Hepatobiliary and Pancreas Flashcards
What are the boundaries of the triangle of Calot?
Lateral - Cystic Duct
Medial - CBD
Superior - Liver
What supplies blood to the hepatic and CBD?
Right Hepatic and branches of the GDA
What side of the CBD are lymphatic on?
The right
Where do sympathetic and parasympathetic fibers come to the liver from?
Parasympathetic -> Left trunk of vagus
Sympathetic -> T7-T10
What is unique about the histology of the GB?
It lacks any submucosa
What is a normal size for the CBD, GB wall and pancreatic duct?
CBD < 8 mm (10 after cholecystectomy)
GB wall < 4 mm
Pancreatic duct < 4 mm
What are RokitanskypAschoff sinuses?
Invaginations in the GB wall from increased GB pressure
What are the Ducts of Luschka?
Biliary ducts lying in the GB fossa that can leak after cholecystectomy
What signals increase bile secretion and decrease it?
Increase: CCK, secretin, vagal
Decrease: somatostatin, sympathetic
What is the most common type of GB stone in the US?
Cholesterol stones
2/2: stasis, calcium nucleation, increased water resorption
What are causes brown GB stones?
Primary CBD stones, formed in ducts, asians
Infection causes deconjugation
E. Coli most common
What causes black GB stones?
Hemolytic disorders, cirrhosis, ill resection, chronic TPN
Calcium bilirubinate
What is the sensitivity of ultrasound for GB stones?
95%
What are indications for cholecystectomy after a CCK-S test?
GB not seen
> 60 min for GB to empty (chronic cholecystitis)
EF < 40% (biliary dyskinesia)
What are indications for pre-op ERCP?
If any of the following high for > 24 hours:
AST or ALT > 200
Bilirubin > 4
Amylase or Lipase > 1000
What is the most common route of infection of the bile?
Via seeding from the portal system
What condition has the highest incidence of positive bile cultures?
Post-op strictures
What bacteria usually causes emphysematous GB disease in diabetics?
C. Perfringens
What is the threshold for primary repair of a CBD injury?
< 50% of circumference
Otherwise need hepatico-J
What do suspect if N/V or jaundice after lap whole and no fluid collection?
If dilated hepatic ducts -> complet ductal transection
What is the treatment for a complete bile duct transection?
< 7 days symptoms - Hepatico J
> 7 days symptoms - Delayed hepatico J (6-8 weeks)
How do you treat anastomotic leaks following transplantation or hepatico-J?
Drainage and ERCP with temporary stent
What is the most common cause of late post-op biliary strictures?
Ischemia after lap chole
Ddx: chronic pancreatitis, GB CA, bile duct CA
What is workup of a biliary stricture?
MRCP
If CA not ruled out -> ERCP with brush biopsies
What is treatment for biliary strictures from ischemia or chronic pancreatitis?
Choledochojejunostomy
Where does gallbladder AC spread first?
Segments IV and V
Cystic duct nodes
What is the treatment of GB carcinoma based on depth of invasion?
Not in muscle -> cholecystectomy
In muscle but not beyond -> wedge of segments IVb and V
If beyond muscle and resectable -> formal segments IVb and V resection
Why is laparoscopic approach contraindicated for GB cancer?
Tumor implants in port sites
What is treatment of cholangiocarcinoma of the upper 1/3 (Klatskin Tumor)?
Lobectomy if localized
Worst prognosis
What is treatment of cholangiocarcinoma of middle 1/3 of duct?
Hepaticojejunosotmy
What is treatment of cholangiocarcinoma of lower 1/3 of duct?
Whipple
What is the most common type of choledochol cyst?
Type I - fusiform dilation of the extra hepatic pancreatic ducts
What causes choledochol cysts?
Reflux of pancreatic enzymes during uterine development
What antibody is present with primary biliary cirrhosis?
Antimitochondrial Antibodies
Is there a cancer risk with PBC?
No
What causes systemic bacteremia in cholangitis?
Colovenous reflux (>200 mmHg)
What are early and late causes of shock after lap chole?
Early - clip fell off cystic after
Late - sepsis from clip on CBD with subsequent cholangitis
What are worrisome features of GB polyps?
> 1 cm
> 60 years old
What is delta bilirubin and what is its implication?
Covalently bound to albumin, half life of 18 days
What is Mirizzi syndrome?
Compression of common hepatic duct from:
1) Stone in GB infundibulum
2) inflammation from GB or cystic duct causing CHD stricture
What antibiotic is associated with sludge and cholestatic jaundice?
Ceftriaxone
Which lies lateral and anterior, SMV or SMA ?
SMV
What are the effects of GI hormones on pancreatic secretions?
Secretin - Increase HCO3
CCK - Increase pancreatic enzymes
Ach - Increase both
Somatostatin Glucagon - Decrease exocrine
What duct connects the inferior pancreatic bud to the duodenum?
Duct or Wirsung - Becomes the major pancreatic duct
What is the small accessory duct that drains directly into duodenum from pancreas?
Duct of Santorini
What causes annular pancreas?
Failure of clockwise rotation of ventral pancreatic bud
What is treatment of annular pancreas?
Duodenojejunostomy or duodenoduodenostomy
What is the main consequence of pancreas divisor?
Pancreatitis from stenotic duct of Santorini
What is the treatment of pancreas divisor?
ERCP with sphincteroplasty
What is a sentinel loop?
In pancreatitis, dilated loop of bowel near pancreas as a result of inflammation
What does a necrotic pancreas look like on CT?
Will not take up contrast
What is Grey Turner sign?
Flank ecchymosis from pancreatic bleeding
What is Cullen’s sign?
Periumbilical ecchymosis from pancreatic bleeding
What is Fox’s sign?
Inguinal ecchymosis from pancreatic bleeding
What is the most important risk factor for necrotizing pancreatitis?
Obesity
What must be ruled out in cysts not associated with pancreatitis?
Cancer
What is tx for pancreatic pseudocyst?
3 months to stabilize and see if resolve
If continued sx, surgery/procedure
If growing, surgery to r/o cancer
Which cysts do you not need to worry about for cancer?
If cyst is serous and not complex, can follow these
What is Tx for pancreatic fistula?
Drainage, stent, allow to close on own
Octrotide
What is the most common symptoms of chronic pancreatitis?
PAIN
anorexia, weight loss, malabsorption
What does imaging show for chronic pancreatitis?
CT: shrunken pancreas with calcifications
U/S: Panc ducts > 4 mm, cysts, atrophy
Chain of Lakes: alternating dilations and stenosis in pancreatic duct