Key Terms: Liver

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Thin fibrous casing of the liver

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Glisson capsule

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Blood flows toward the liver

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Hepatopetal

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A metabolic disorder caused by enzyme deficiencies affecting either glycogen synthesis, glycogen breakdown or glycolysis affecting the liver cells

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Glycogen storage disease

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Severe medical condition where scar tissue in the liver replaces functional tissue

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Cirrhosis

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Thrombosis of the hepatic veins or IVC

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Budd chari Syndrome

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Most common type of primary liver cancer, occurs most often in people with chronic liver diseases, such as cirrhosis caused by hepatitis B or hepatitis C infection

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Hepatocellular carcinoma

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Benign fatty tumor liver

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Lipoma

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a rare condition that causes cyst to grow throughout the liver

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polycystic liver disease

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An uncommon benign liver tumor

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Adenoma

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A hepatic mass that results from a yeast infection

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Hepatic candidiasis

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Enlargement of liver

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Hepatomegaly

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Anatomic variation where the right lobe is enlarged and extends inferiorly as a tongue like projection

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Reidel lobe

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An abnormal connection of blood vessels that bypass the liver resulting in the blood not being detoxified

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Portosystemic shunt

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Blood flow away from the liver

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Hepatofungal

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Also called steatosis, increased levels of deposits of triglycerides and other fats in liver cells; asymptomatic

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Fatty infiltration

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An inflammation of the liver

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Hepatitis

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A blockage of the bile ducts

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Biliary obstruction

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Most common begin tumor of the liver composed of blood vessels

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Cavernous hemangioma

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Localized collection of blood in the liver usually resulting from an injury

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Liver hematoma

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affects hepatocytes and interferes with liver function throughout the liver

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Diffuse hepatocellular disease

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Benign fluid filled sac in liver

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Hepatic cystic

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A cancerous tumor that has spread to the liver from a cancer that started in another place in the body. Its also called secondary liver cancer

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Liver metastases

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Also known as snail fever and biharzia, is a disease caused by parasitic flatworms called schistosomes. Can cause serious damage to the internal organs

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Schistosomiasis

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Central area of the liver where the portal vein, common duct, and hepatic artery enter

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Porta hepatis

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Fluid filled sacs in the liver that are caused by a tapeworm

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Echinococcal cyst

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Third most common liver malignancy, rare, associated with exposure to toxins

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Hepatic angiosarcoma

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Yellowing of the skin and the whites of the eyes caused by an accumulation of bile pigment in the blood

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Jaundice

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Second most common benign liver mass, found in women under 40 years old

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Focal nodular hyperplasia