LIVER 2 Flashcards
fibrolamellar HCC affects who
teenagers and young adults
lab findings for fibrolamellar HCC
AFP normal or mildly elevated
Fibrolamellar HCC clinical presentation (6)
Abdominal pain
Mass, fever, weight loss
Diarrhea
Vomiting
fibrolamellar HCC sono features (3)
Solitary, well-marginated
Variable echogenicity
Focal calcifications
Mesenchymal Sarcoma age
5- 10 year olds
Mesenchymal Sarcoma indications (3)
- abdominal pain, swelling
- palpable mass
- normal AFP
Mesenchymal Sarcoma sono features (3)
- single
- round, well-defined
- variable echogenicity with anechoic/cystic spaces creating enhancement
metastases usually associated with (4)
Neuroblastoma – most common cause
Wilm’s Tumor
Leukemia
Lymphoma
almost all cases of hepatitis are
viral
symptoms of hepatitis (5)
Hepatomegaly with pain
Jaundice
Nausea, fever, loss of appetite
chronic hepatitis can lead to (3)
cirrhosis
liver damage
cancer
liver abscess result from
neonatal infection from the ubilicus or umbilical veins
abscess is seeded into liver through (2)
portal or umbilical vein
three types of abscess
amebic, pyogenic, fungal
amebic abscess affects
children in areas where drinking water is contaminated and sanitation is poor
Entamoeba histolytica