Liver, Portal Venous System and Gallbladder Flashcards
lobes involved in hydatid disease
right anterior-inferior or posterior-inferior segments
Blood supply of hepatic tumor
Hepatic artery
Most common cause of pyogenic liver abscess
E. coli
lobes involved in amebic abscess
right superior-anterior
treatment of hydatid disease
surgical cyst removal
Medical: Albendazole
Treatment for most common benign lesion of the liver
Hepatic cyst: aspiration if symptomatic
Treatment for most common solid benign masses of the liver
Hepatic hemangioma: resection if symptomatic
True or false: hepatic adenoma can degenerate to HCC
True
Treatmetn: resection
Nuclear imaging results for hepatic adenoma
cold
True or false: hepatic adenoma can rupture spontaneously
true
True or false: focal nodular hyperplasia can rupture spontaneously
false
CT scan findings in focal nodular hyperplasia
well-circumscribed with a typical central scar
Most common site of metastasis in HCC
lungs
Cholangiocarcinoma most commonly occurs at
CBD bifurcation
Klatskin tumor
hilar cholangiocarcinoma
