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LIVER Flashcards

1
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What are the 3 commonest causes of HEPATOMEGALY?

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  • Cirrhosis
  • Malignancy
  • RHF
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What are the palpation findings of hepatomegaly caused by liver cirrhosis?

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  • initially enlarged then decreases in size as cirrhosis progresses
  • non tender firm liver
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What are the palpation findings of hepatomegaly caused by malignancy?

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Hard irregular liver edge

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What are the palpation findings of hepatomegaly caused by right heart failure?

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Firm, smooth, tender liver edge

May be pulsatile

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5
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3 branches of the coeliac trunk?

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  • left gastric artery
  • splenic artery
  • common hepatic
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6
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2 branches of the common hepatic artery

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proper hepatic

& gastro duodenal artery

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7
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what artery supplies the liver

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hepatic artery proper

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8
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what 2 veins drain into the hepatic portal vein

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  • splenic vein

- superior mesenteric vein

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9
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what is the portal triad

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  • hepatic artery
  • portal vein
  • common bile duct
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10
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list the liver function tests

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  • Liver enzymes: ALT & AST
  • ALP
  • GGT
  • Bilirubin
  • Albumin
  • PT/INR
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11
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cause of low albumin & high protein

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multiple myeloma

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12
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cause of low albumin & normal protein

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infection

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13
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when is jaundice usually detected

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when serous bilirubin is above 50 umol/L

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14
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what is Haem in RBC broken down into

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Biliverdin and then bilirubin

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15
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where does conjugation of bilirubin occur?

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liver, hepatocytes

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16
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where does urobilinogen go?

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  • oxidised by bacteria in intestine to stercobilin which gives stool its pigmentation
  • transported by the blood to the kidney converted to urobilin giving urine its characteristic colour
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17
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what type of jaundice goes haemolysis cause?

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pre hepatic jaundice; high levels of serum bilirubin

18
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5 causes of haemolysis?

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1) mechanical - metallic valve prostheses
2) Autoimmune haemolytic anaemia
3) Malaria infection
4) Transfusion reactions
5) Congenital red cell problems - sickle cell anaemia/hereditary spherocytosis

19
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what does high levels of conjugated hyperbilirubin mean?

A

there is an obstruction to the outflow tract of bile

20
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causes of post hepatic jaundice?

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  • pancreatic cancer
  • gall stones
  • pancreatitis
21
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ALT > AST indicates?

A

hepatocyte damage - chronic liver disease

22
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what could low albumin & protein indicate (3)

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  • decreased intake: malnutrition
  • decreased synthesis: cirrhosis, alcoholism, chronic inflammation
  • increased excretion: nephrotic syndrome
23
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AST:ALT < 0.8

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indicates that ALT is greater than AST therefore non- alcoholic liver disease

24
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bone pathologies that cause raised ALP

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  • ostomalacia
  • Pagets disease
  • fractures
  • multiple myeloma
25
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define chronic hepatitis

A

sustained inflammation of the liver lasting longer than 6 months

26
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hereditary causes of chronic hepatitis

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  • Wilsons disease

- Haemochromatosis

27
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excess accumulation of copper in body and tissues?

A

wilsons disease

28
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what is mutation and chromosome location in wilsons disease?

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ATP7B copper binding protein, located on chromosome 13

29
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inheritance of wilsons disease?

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autosomal recessive

30
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neurological manifestations of Wilsons disease? (4)

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  • concentration
  • coordination
  • dysarthria
  • dystonia
31
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psychiatric mainfestations of wilsons disease? (2)

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  • mild depression

- psychosis

32
Q

name and appearance of copper deposition in the eyes in wilsons disease?

A

brown rings in descends corneal membrane

kayser-fleischer rings

33
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screening blood test for Wilsons disease?

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Serum caeruloplasmin (protein that carries copper)

34
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definitive gold standard test for Wilsons disease?

A

liver biopsy

35
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management of Wilsons disease?

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Copper chelation medications

  • penicillamine
  • trientene
36
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Iron storage disorder where there is excessive total body iron & high iron deposition in tissues

A

Haemochromatosis

37
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haemochromatosis gene mutation? & inheritance?

A

Human haemochromatosis protein located on chromosome 6

autosomal recessive inheritance

38
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what does iron deposits in the skin cause in haemochromatosis

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bronze tinge to skin

39
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management of haemochromatosis

A

weekly venesection

monitor serum ferritin

40
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what are the 2 main organs affected by alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency & how?

A

Lungs - bronchiectasis * emphysema due to excess protease enzymes attacking connective tissue in lungs

Liver - Liver cirrhosis, which can progress to hepatocellular carcinoma

41
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what does alpha 1 antitrypsin deficiency cause?

A

the protein offers protection by inhibiting the neutrophil elastase enzyme which is an enzyme that digests connective tissues

42
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marker for hepatocellular carcinoma

A

AFP

alpha-fetoprotein

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