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Hepatomegaly Flashcards

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Causes of Hepatomegaly?

SHIRTS

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Structural
Storage
Haematological
Heart
Infection
Inflammatory
Infiltrative
Reticuloendothelial
Rheumatological
Tumour
Trauma
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Structural causes of hepatomegaly?

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Extrahepatic biliary atresia
Choledochola cyst
intrahepatic biliary hypoplasia
polycystic disease
congenital hepatic fibrosis
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Storage/metabolic causes of hepatomegaly?

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Defective lipid metabolism-Gaucher, Neimman Pick, hyperlipoproteinomas, cholesteryl ester storage, carnitine deficiency, mucolipidoses

Defective CHO metabolism- DM, GSD (Types 1,3,4, 6), hereditary fructose intolerance, galactosaemia, cushings, syndrome, mucopolysaccharidoses

Defective AA metabolism- tyrosinaemia type 1, urea cycle enzyme disorders

Defective mineral metabolism- Wilsons

Defective electrolyte transport - CF

Defective nutrition- PCM, TPN

Deficiency of protease- Apha-1 antitrypsin deficiency

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Haematological causes of hepatomegaly?

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Thallasaemia
Sickle cell (Chronic haemolysis and transfusion haemosiderosis)
Acute leukaemia
CML

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Heart causes of hepatomegaly

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CCF
Constrictive pericarditis
Obstructed IVC

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Infective causes of hepatomegaly?

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Viral infections- Congenital rubella, CMV, Coxsackie, echo, Hepatitis, EBV

Bacterial- neonatal septicaemia, E.Coli UTI, TB, congenital syphilis

Parasitic- hydatid disease, malaria, schistosomiasis, toxoplasmosis, visceral larva migrans

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Inflammatory causes of hepatomegaly?

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CAH
Chronic persistent hepatitis
IBD associated

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Infiltrative causes of hepatomegaly?

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Histiocytosis X

Sarcoidosis

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Reticuloendothelial causes of hepatomegaly?

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Non-hodgkins lymphoma

Hodgkin’s disease

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Rheumatological causes of hepatomegaly?

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Systemic onset juvenile idiopathic arthritis (SOJIA)

SLE

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Tumour

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Primary hepatic neoplasms

Secondary deposits- Wilms, neuroblastoma, gonadal tumours

Vascular malformations-infantile haemangioendothelioma, cavernous haemangioma

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Jaundiced infants -ddx hepatomegaly?

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EHBA
A1AT deficiency
Arteriohepatic dysplasia
Metabolic- HF1, galactosaemia, tyrosinosis, CF
Choledocal cyst
Infection
Hypopituatarism
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Non jaundiced infants - ddx hepatomegaly?

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Tumours
Choledochal cyst
Haemangioma
GSD 1, 3, 6
LSD
Congenital hepatic fibrosis
CCF
Metabolic
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Jaundiced preschoolers - ddx hepatomegaly?

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Metabolic
Chronic active hepatits
Choledochal cyst

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Non jaundiced preschooler

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Infection- Hep, IMN, CMV, toxo
Metabolic- HF1, GSD, Cholesteryl ester storage disease
Structural- choledochal cyst, tumours, congenital hepatic fibrosis

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