Liver Flashcards
Hepatic veins are _____segmental
INTERsegmental
Portal veins are ____segmental
INTRAsegmental
Main lobar fissure separates ____ & _____ lobes
Right and left lobes
Falciform ligament/ligamentum teres divide
Medial and lateral left lobes
Caudate lobe occupies the ______ surface of the liver
Posterior superior
Caudate lobe is drained by ____ veins
Emissary veins
Enlargement of the caudate lobe can happen with
Cirrhosis and Budd Chiari
Remnant of fetal umbilical vein
Ligamentum teres
Direction of fetal circulation
- Umbilical vein
- LPV
- Ductus venosus
- IVC
Hepatic vein waveforms
Triphasic
- caused by histoplasmosis or tuberculosis
- calcifications in liver and/or spleen
- Small collections of macrophages
Granulomas
“Starry night”
Acute hepatitis
Round hypoechoic/complex mass typically in the right lobe
- TRAVELERS/IMMIGRANTS
Amebic abscess
Most common source for pyogenic liver abscess
Biliary tract disease
Aka round ligament
Ligamentum teres
“Wheel within a wheel”
Candidiasis/fungal
Abscess more common in IMMUNOCOMPROMISED patients
Candidiasis
Multiple cysts that DONT communicate with biliary tree
Polycystic liver disease
AKA steatosis
Fatty infiltration
Most common glycogen storage disease
Von gierke (type 1)
Abnormal iron deposits in organs
Hemochromatosis