Liver Theory Flashcards
Amoebic liver abscess commonly affects
Right lobe
Posterosuperior aspect
Anchovy pus sauce
Amoebic liver abscess Liquefaction necrosis thrombosis of blood vessels broken rbcs No wbc unless secondarily infected Choc brown color Odourless Usually sterile
Life cycle of entameoba histolytica
Mature cyst in faeces-food n water-stomach pass undamaged-in alkaline medium cyst wall lysis by trypsin-excystation-quadrinucleate amoebae-metacyst trophozoites-crypts of caecum-
Acute liver abscess presentation
Toxicity
Rt sided abdominal pain tenderness
Fever loss of weight chills rigor non productive cough shoulder pain
Intercostal tenderness rt sided pleural effu
Mild jaundice rigidity skin edema
Features-systemic abdominal thoracic
Complications of amoebic liver abscess
Rupture(lung pleura abdomen pericardium intestine biliary system skin)
Infection septicemia liver failure
Hepatic encephalopathy.
Buddchiari
Most dangerous complication of ala
Cardiac tamponade
Mostly in left lobe abscess
Ddx for acute ala
Acute cholecystitis
Hcc
Subphrenic abscess
Pyogenic liver abscess
Ddx for chronic amebic liver abscess
Hepatoma
Inv ala
Tc hb esr crp Lft pt Us abdomen Cxr? Ct Sigmoidoscopy colonoscopy Technetium 99 scanning Iha -most sensitive
Medical Treatment ala
Metro 800mg tds or inj 500mg iv tds 10-40days
Tinidazole 600mg bd 5days
Luminal : duodohydroxyquin diloxanide furoate paromomycin
Tissue : emetine dehydroemetine
Mixed: nitroimidazole derivatives
Others-chloroquine tetracycline
Indications for aspiration in ala
>10cm Sec infection Drug therapy failure Large left lobe abscess Seronegative abscess Pregnancy
Amoebicidal drug c/i in pregnancy
Metronidazole c/i in frst trimester
Widened prothrombin time rx
Inj vit k 10mg im or iv 5days
Still wide-ffp
Aspiration ala position
Rt 6th ics midaxillary line
Us guided now
Percutaneous drainage
Pigtail catheter
7-20days
Mainstay of treatment?
Indications for surgery in ala
Recurrence Thick pus Multiloculated abscess Left lobe abscess Ruptured abscess Caudate lobe abscess Multiple abcess
Ala surgery
Malecots catheter
Transperitoneal approach
Avoid alcohol chloroquine 250mg bd 10days nd diloxanide furoate 500mg tds 10-14 days
Apple core sign
Barium enema
Hepatocellular carcinoma
Def host echinococcus granulosus
Dog
Most commonly involved segment hydatid disease
7
Right lobe
Layers of hydatid. Cysts
Adventitia host derived
Laminated membrane or ectocyst
Germinal epithelium (only living part)
Features of hydtid fluid
Clear
High specific gravity
Shows hooklets and scolices
Sites for hydatid cyst
Liver lungs muscles bones
Rarely kidney brain spleen
Water lily sign
Hydatid cyst
Separated laminTed membrane
More often seen in lung hydatid
Possible courses of hydatid disease
Calcified Enlarged nd palpable Jaundice due to pressure over biliary tree Rupture into peritoneal cavity anaphylactic reaction Rupture into biliary channels(commonest) Rupture into bowel pleura Sec inf Sec cysts Hepatic dysfn Disseminated abdominal hydatidosis