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1
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What does the portal triad consist of?

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Hepatic vein, artery, bile duct

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What is the Space of Disse?

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The spaces between the hepatocytes and the endothelium (discontinuous organisation) of the sinusoids meaning that the blood comes into contact with the all the liver enzymes

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What is Zone 1 damage and what substances cause it?

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Periportal damage, caused by directly hepatotoxic substances

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What is Zone 3 damage and what substances cause it?

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Centrilobar damage, caused by metabolised hepatotoxic substances i.e. those that require bioactivation. Hypoxic damage as most oxygen lost by the time the blood reaches Zone 3

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In which zone are the most metabolically active cells in the liver?

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Zone 3

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ALP rises more when which zone is damaged? Why?

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Zone 1 due to proximity to bile ducts

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What is Zone 2 damage?

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Midzonal

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Name 2 substances that cause Zone 1 damage

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Iron salts, white phosphorus

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Name 3 substances that cause Zone 2 damage

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Furans, ngaione (myosporum spp.), beryllium

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Name 4 substances that cause Zone 3 damage

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Acetaminophen, aflatoxin, microcystin, ricin

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How do you measure the split bilirubin? (conjugated and unconjugated)

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van den Bergh reaction

Direct reaction to measure conjugated BR

Indirect reaction to measure unconjugated BR: add methanol which completes the reaction, allows measurement of total BR, so minus the conjugated value to get unconjugated value

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Is the hyperbilirubinaemia conjugated or unconjugated in paediatric jaundice? Why?

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Unconjugated in normal paediatric jaundice as caused by liver immaturity- cannot conjugate the BR fast enough.

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What does phototherapy convert bilirubin to? Why is this helpful to treat paediatric jaundice?

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Lumirubin and photo-bilirubin. These isomers do not need to be conjugated to be excreted.

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What is the inheritance pattern of Gilbert’s syndrome?

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Autosomal recessive

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What do you see in LFTs in Gilbert’s?

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Raised unconjugated bilirubin with otherwise normal LFTs

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What makes the bilirubin levels worse in Gilbert’s?

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Fasting

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Pathophysiology of Gilbert’s

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UDP glucuronyl transferase activity is reduced to 30%

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What is the most representative marker of liver function?

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Prothrombin time (if raised, shows liver isn’t making clotting factors so isn’t working properly)

(Albumin and BR also good)

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Why are the enzyme LFTs (AST, ALT) not true markers of the liver’s synthetic function?

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They tell you that there is damage rather than telling you how your liver is actually functioning

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What do high AST and ALT indicate?

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Hepatocyte damage e.g. hepatitis

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In what type of hepatitis is AST > ALT?

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Alcoholic hepatitis

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In what type of hepatitis is ALT > AST?

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All other heps other than alcoholic

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What does high ALP indicate?

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Biliary obstruction

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3 key features of hepatitis

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Fever, jaundice, raised ALT/AST

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Causes and findings in pre-hepatic jaundice

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Causes: haemolysis, congestive heart failure

Findings: Raised unconjugated BR, raised LDH, reduced haemoglobin and haptoglobin

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Causes and findings in hepatic jaundice

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Causes: acute or chronic liver failure, Gilbert’s, viral/alcoholic hep, PBC

Findings: raised unconjugated BR, raised ALT/AST, ~synthetic dysfunction

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Causes and findings in post-hepatic jaundice

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Causes: anything causing biliary tree obstruction e.g. stones, inflammation (PBC/PSC), strictures, masses, extra-luminal masses e.g. pancreatic cancer/cholangiocarcinoma

Findings: raised conjugated BR, raised urinary BR, dark urine and pale stools

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Route of transmission of hep A

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Faeco-oral

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Hep A presentation

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ACUTE

Asymptomatic, or nausea, D+V, fever, jaundice, RUQ pain

30
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Hep A onset and symptom duration

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2-6 wks, symptoms last ~8wks

31
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Explain natural history of hep A in terms of antibodies

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After viral titres drop, get rise in IgM (–> unwell, jaundice)
After first few weeks, IgM drops and IgG rises –> immunity, cured

32
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Hep A treatment

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Supportive

33
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Routes of transmission of hep B

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Sexually, vertically, blood-to-blood

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Hep B presentation

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Normally acute presentation (can be acute ± chronic)

Hepatitis symptoms – fever, jaundice, N+V, RUQ pain)
But a chronic infection follows in ~10% of people

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Hep B duration of onset

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2-6 wks

36
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What percentage of hep B infections become chronic?

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5-10%

37
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Antigens measured in hep B

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HBsAg and HBeAg

Once these go down, produce antibodies against them (anti-HBs and anti-HBe)

38
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How could you distinguish between someone who has immunity to hep B through vaccinated and someone who has actually had hep B?

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Vaccination contains HBsAg, so they will have anti-HBs antibodies but not anti-HBeAg

39
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Which antigen is never cleared in chronic hep B?

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HBsAg (but levels decrease with time)

40
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Management of hep B

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Acute: supportive

Chronic: antiviral therapy

41
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Which heps are associated with hepatocellular carcinoma?

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B and C

42
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Route of transmission of hep C

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Blood-to-blood

43
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Hep C duration of onset

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6-8 wks

44
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Hep C presentation

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Normally results in an asymptomatic presentation leading to a chronic infection (60-80%)

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Hep C management

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Antiviral therapy (can be treated and eradicated)

46
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Which hep must hep D co-infect with?

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Hep B

47
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Route of transmission of hep E

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Faeco-oral

48
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Hep E presentation

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Acute – asymptomatic, or – nausea, D+V, fever, jaundice, RUQ pain

49
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Hep E duration of onset

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Onset = 2-6 weeks; symptoms last = ~8 weeks

50
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Which groups are at higher risk of hep E?

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Expectant mothers 
Immunocompromised patients (“E-mmunocompromised”)
51
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Key histological features of hepatitis (3)

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Liver cell damage: Balloon cells (ballooning degeneration) containing mallory hyaline, Mallory-Denk bodies
Inflammation
Fibrosis

52
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What causes nutmeg liver?

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Venous congestion (Budd-Chiari, congestive HF etc)

53
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What is Courvoisier’s Law?

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If the gallbladder is palpable in a jaundiced patient, the cause is unlikely to be gallstones (i.e. it is more likely to be pancreatic cancer) – will also be a PAINLESS jaundice

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