Liver Injury Flashcards

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What is alcoholic liver disease?

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Build-up of fat in the liver leading to inflammation and eventually cirrhosis

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How would you diagnose alcoholic liver disease? (3)

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Raised AST: ALT > 2:1
Raised GGT
Biopsy: Mallory body + neutrophil infiltrate

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How would you treat alcoholic liver disease? (3)

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Quit alcohol
Treat malnutrition from alcohol: thiamine (vit B1)
Corticosteroids (suppress immune system)

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What is non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD)?

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Fat deposits in the liver (not due to alcohol/ viral causes) leading to hepatocyte destruction.

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How would you diagnose NAFLD? (2)

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Raised ALT

Biopsy: Mallory-denk bodies

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How would you treat NAFLD?

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Lifestyle - lose weight, healthy diet, manage diabetes

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An autoimmune hepatitis patient would typically present as? (3)

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Female
Other autoimmune condition
Liver problems

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How would you diagnose type 1 (most common) autoimmune hepatitis? (2)

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Antinuclear antibodies (ANAs)
Anti-smooth muscle antibodies (ASMA)
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How would you diagnose type 2 autoimmune hepatitis? (2)

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ALKM-1

ALC-1

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How would you treat autoimmune hepatitis? (2)

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Immunosuppressants: prednisolone, azathioprine

Liver transplant

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What is alpha-1-antitrypsin (A1AT) deficiency?

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Autosomal recessive disorder where alpha-1-antitrypsin doesn’t inhibit elastase so too much elastin is broken down

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What does alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency lead to? (2)

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Emphysema

Cirrhosis

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What is the clinical presentation of a pt w/ alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency? (4)

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Young person
Cirrhosis
Dyspnoea (difficulty breathing)
No history of smoking

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How would you diagnose alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency? (3)

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Chest X-ray/ CT: hyperinflated lung/ damaged tissue
Bloods: A1AT levels
Liver biopsy: PAS stain +ve

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How would you treat alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency? (4)

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IV infusion of normal A1AT protein
Inhalers
Supplemental oxygen
Standard treatments for cirrhosis (lactulose)

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What id primary biliary cholangitis (PBC)?

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Autoimmune destruction intrahepatic biliary ducts leading to cholestasis

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PBC is common in which pt? (2)

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Females

Other autoimmune condition

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What are the clinical presentations of PBC? (6)

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Pruritus (itch)
Jaundice
Xanthelasma (cholesterol deposits under skin)
Hyperpigmentation
Xerophthalmia (dry eyes = vit A def)
Corneal arcus (cholesterol deposits around cornea)

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How would you diagnose PBC? (2)

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Antimitochondrial antibodies (AMA)
Raised serum cholesterol
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How would you treat PBC? (4)

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Ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA)
Colestryamine for pruritus
KADE supplementation
Bisphosphonates for osteoporosis

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What is primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC)? (2)

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Inflammation, fibrosis and strictures of intra and extrahepatic parts of the biliary tree

Aka onion-skin fibrosis

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Why is PSC important?

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Pre-malignant disease, can cause colorectal cancer

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What are the clinical presentations of PSC? (5)

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Pruritus (itch)
Jaundice
Dark urine
Clay coloured stool
Hepatosplenomegaly
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How would you diagnose PSC? (2)

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Raised p-ANCAs (antinuclear cytoplasmic antibodies)

MRCP: biliary tracts are beaded or have strictures (‘pruned-tree’)

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How would you treat PSC? (3)
Colestryamine for pruritus Ursodeoxycholic acid may improve LFT Liver transplant
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What is hemochromatosis?
Excess iron everywhere
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What causes hemochromatosis? (2)
Autosomal recessive HFE gene disorder (causing excess iron absorption in SI) Frequent blood transfusions
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What are the clinical presentations of hemochromatosis? (3 + 1)
- Cirrhosis - Diabetes mellitus - Skin hyperpigmentation (always tanned look) Bronze diabetes Arthralgia from pseudogout
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How would you diagnose hemochromatosis? (2)
- Blood: increased serum iron, ferritin, decreased transferrin - Decreased total iron-binding capacity
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How would you treat hemochromatosis? (3)
- Bloodletting - Deferoxamine (iron chelator) - Reduce iron in diet
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What is Wilson disease?
Excess copper build-up in the liver and CNS
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What causes Wilson disease?
Autosomal recessive disorder (ATPB7 in chromosome 13)
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What are the clinical presentations of Wilson disease? (4)
- Cirrhosis - Neurological Sx - Psychiatric Sx - Kayser-Fleischer ring (visible copper deposits in cornea)
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How would you diagnose Wilson disease? (3)
- Bloods: raised serum copper; low serum ceruloplasmin - Urine: copper - Hepatosplenomegaly
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How would you treat Wilson disease? (2)
- Penicillamine (copper chelator) | - Reduce copper diet (shellfish)