Path Liver Flashcards
liver disease
single blood supply through portal vein
caroli’s disease
seldom associated with congenital hepatic fibrosis
von myeneber complex
malignant
gilberts dx
often fatal
dubin johnson’s disease
often fatal
alpha 1 anti trypsin
uncommon cause of neonatal cholestasis
CF
mutation in delta F508 regulates ca transport in chromosome 7
hemochromatosis
aut dom disorder
wildon’s dx
aut dom disorder
alcoholic liver dx
90% of alcoholics will develop cirrhosis
autoimmune hepatitis
70% men
neonatal hepatitis
good prognosis with surgety
nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH)
easily distinuished from alcoholic hepatitis
echinococcal cyst
uncommon cause of hepatic cyst
hep A
usually associated with massive hepatic necrosis + acute liver failure
hep B
lifetime risk of hepatocellular cancer is over 90%
hepatitis testing
hep B surface antigen (IgG) goes up after infection
autoimmune cholangitis
not usually associated with IgG4
primary biliary cirrhosis
indolent course
primary scleorisng cholangitis
has an indolent course managed effectively with medication
budd-chiari syndrome
low mortality in the acute condition