Liver Path I Flashcards
acute jaundice
<6 months
flu like sx, RUQ pain, acholic stool, choluria
pruritis, eruptive xanthomas
fulminant - encephalopathy
chronic jaundice
cirrhosis portal HTN - ascites, varices fatigue, weak, weight loss testicle atropy hepatocellular carcinoma
end stage disease
hepatic failure
hepatocellular carcinoma
unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia
hemolysis
gilbert
crigler najjar
mixed hyperbilirubinemia
hepatic or cholestatic path
increased AST and ALT
hepatic
increased alk phos and GGT
cholestatic
AST > ALT
alcoholic liver disease
AST < ALT
viral serology
liver
glycogen homeostasis
albumin and clotting factor synthesis
catabolism of estrogen, drugs, toxins
excrete bile
coelomic cavity
lining the digestive organs
-lining is mesoderm epithelium
blood to liver
portal vein 75%
hepatic artery 25%
porta hepatis
posterior fissure dividing caudate and quadrate lobes of liver
-carries portal a and v and hepatic duct
support of liver in abdomen
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budd chiari syndrome
obstruction of hepatic vein
-multiple trunks
portal triad
portal vein
hepatic artery
bile duct
kupffer cells
macrophages
stellate cells
space of disse
also fibrosis production
lobule
with central vein extending out to portal tract
blood toward central vein
bile toward bile duct
acinus
triangle within lobule