Liver disease Flashcards
1
Q
alcoholic fatty liver - features
A
oft incidental finding - raised liver enzymes, esp gGT; highly echogenic liver on USS
2
Q
alcohol and the liver - problems
A
fatty liver
acute alcoholic hepatitis
cirrhosis
3
Q
indications for liver transplant
A
primary biliary cholangitis + primary sclerosing cholangitis
early HCC
viral cirrhosis
alcoholic cirrhosis after 6mo abstinence
NAFLD with cirrhosis
fulminant hepatic failure eg post paracetamol od
4
Q
NAFLD - investigations
A
only done if NAFLD found incidentally
1° - enhanced liver fibrosis blood test
2° - fibroscan + FIB4/NAFLD score
if advanced suspected, biopsy
management - weight loss + monitoring
