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Primary Teeth?

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  • 20 (8 incisors, 4 canines, 8 molars)
  • A-T
  • no premolars or third molars
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Age of mixed dentition?

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6-12

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Permanent Teeth?

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  • 32 (8 incisors, 4 canines, 8 premolars, 12 molars)

- 1-32

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When do 3rd molars erupt?

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17-21

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Most commonly missing teeth?

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3rd molars > lateral incisors > 2nd premolars

-last teeth in each series

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Most common supernumerary teeth?

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  • permanent
  • males
  • maxillary
  • mesiodens
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Cleidocranial Dystosis?

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congenital disorder of bone

-abnormal clavicles, skull, jaw, long bones

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Gardner’s syndrome?

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  • multiple impacted supernumerary teeth with multiple osteomas
  • familial colorectal polyposis
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Parulus?

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gum boil

-abscess that drains to root

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Dental origin of acute cellulitis?

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  • strep

- bacteroides

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Cause of dental caries?

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  • plaque
  • sugar
  • strep mutans
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S. mutans enzyme?

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glucosyl transferase

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Xylitol function?

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prevents decay by interfering with S. mutant

  • decreases plaque
  • promotes remineralization
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Cause of gingivitis?

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plaque around neck of teeth cause swelling of gums

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Pathophys of periodontal disease and CVD?

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inflames gums and sends bacterial infection through blood that triggers C-reactive protein to inflame arteries and clot blood

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Acute necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis?

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  • punched out papilla
  • caused by smoking, steroids, stress, poor hygiene
  • spirochetes and bacteroides
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Causes of enamel erosion?

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  • soda
  • energy drinks
  • lemons
  • bulimia
  • GERD
  • mallory weis
  • esophagitis
  • barretts esophagus
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Triggers for apthous ulcers?

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  • CMV
  • hormones (female, puberty)
  • nutrition (zinc)
  • allergies (autoimmune type 4 hypersensitivity)
  • crohns
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HSV1 and HSV2 latency?

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1- trigeminal ganglion

2-sacral ganglion

-treat with acyclovir, valtrex

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HPV types causing cervical cancer?

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16 and 18

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What oral cancers does HPV cause?

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tonsils and base of tongue (16)

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Mallory weis tears?

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longitudinal tears at GE junction due to retching from alcohol intoxication

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HIV+ patient with infectious esophagitis. Diagnosis?

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Candidiasis

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Herpes esophagitis?

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  • punched out ulcers

- nuclear viral inclusions

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CMV esophagitis?
- linear ulcers | - nuclear and cytoplasmic inclusions
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Requirement to diagnose Barretts esophagus?
Goblet cells
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Most common causes of esophageal varices?
1. cirrhosis (west) | 2. hepatic schistosomiasis
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Causes of sudden bleeding in esophageal varices?
1. vomiting 2. erosion of mucosa 3. pressure from dilated veins
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Plummer vinson syndrome increases risk of what?
squamous cell carcinoma of esophagus
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T/F APC mutations are associated with squamous cell ca of esophagus.
False
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Where does squamous cell ca occur in esophagus?
upper and middle
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Most cases of esophageal adenocarcinoma develop from what?
barretts
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Where does adenocarcinoma occur in esophagus?
distal 1/3
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Most common benign tumor of esophagus?
Leiomyoma
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Sudden onset of bright red hematemesis?
ruptured esophageal varices
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When do symptoms of pyloric stenosis present in infants?
couple of weeks after birth
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Curling ulcer?
mucosal ischemia from stress and shock causes severe gastric antral burns
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Cushing ulcer?
CNS trauma causes increases vagal tone and acid secretion
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Pathophys of autoimmune gastritis? complications?
- atrophy of body and fundus - G cell hyperplasia of antrum causes increased gastrin and increased acid - antrum and cardia not damaged - risk of adenocarcinoma
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What are most cases of peptic ulcer disease associated with?
H. pylori
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Malignant transformation of peptic ulcers?
- very rare | - cancer may actually be an ulcerated carcinoma, not a transformed ulcer
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Most common form of peptic ulcer disease?
- occurs in antrum or duodenum due to chronic H. pylori - increased acid secretion - decreased bicarbonate secretion in duodenum
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Cause of gastric ulcer on lesser curvature? Greater?
- Lesser: chronic gastritis - Greater: NSAIDS - single lesion less than 2cm
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Complications of PUD?
1. hemorrhage - lesser curve: left gastric a. - greater: gastroduodenal a. 2. perforation - pneumoperitoneum with referred pain to shoulder 3. obstruction
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Increased risk what type of cancer from H. pylori?
gastric intestinal type adenocarcinoma
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H. pylori toxins?
- CagA (cytotoxin) with pathogenicity islands - VacA (vacuolating) -damage to duodenum via toxins because organism only found in gastric mucosa
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Cause of MALToma?
H. pylori causes lymphoid hyperplasia | -extranodal marginal zone B-cell lymphoma
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Associations with lymphocytic gastritis?
celiac
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Hypertrophic gastropathy?
enlarged rugal folds without inflammation
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Cause of menetrier disease?
excessive secretion of TGF-alpha
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ZE syndrome?
Gastrinoma - slow growing malignancy - increased gastrin with hyperplasia of mucous neck cells, mucin, and endocrine cells forming carcinoid tumors - hyperchlorhydria
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Location of adenomatous polyps? what increases risk of malignancy?
- antrum | - familial adenomatous polyposis
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Fundic gland polyps are associated with what?
PPIs
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Most common malignancy of stomach?
Gastric adenocarcinoma
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Diffuse gastric adenoca associated with what?
E-cadherin mutation (CDH1)
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Intestinal gastric adenoca associated with what?
FAP with germline mutations in adenomatous polyposis coli
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Linitis plastica?
thick walls with partial loss of rugal folds
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Microscopic feature of gastric ca?
signet ring cells | -filled with mucin that pushes nuclei to periphery
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Clinical features of gastric ca?
Virchow node -left supraclavicular Sister Mary Joseph nodule -subcutaneous periumbilical
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Carcinoid positive stains?
- synaptophysin | - chromogranin A
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What are carcinoids associated with?
- MEN1 - ZE - hypergastrin
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Carcinoid syndrome?
- ileal tumor produces cutaneous flushing, sweating, bronchospasm, ab pain, diarrhea, right side cardiac valve fibrosis - tumor secrete hormones into non portal veins causing metastatic lesions
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Location of most aggressive carcinoid tumors?
Midgut | -jejunum and ileum
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Carney's triad?
young female with Gastric stromal tumor, paraganglioma, and pulmonary chondroma
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Associations with GIST?
- NF-1 - c-KIT - PDGFRA - pacemaker cajal cells with c-KIT and CD34
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T/F Gastric xanthomas are not associated with hypercholesterolemia.
True
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Pathophys of chronic alcohol intake and pancreatitis?
causes release of protein rich pancreatic fluid with deposition of protein plugs and obstruction of small pancreatic ducts
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Chronic pancreatitis destruction of pancreas?
- inflammation and irreversible destruction of exocrine | - fibrosis and late destruction of endocrine
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CFTR gene mutation and pancreatitis?
decreases bicarbonate secretion by duct cells causing protein plug and chronic pancreatitis
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Long term chronic pancreatitis complications?
- Ductal obstruction by secretions - Toxic effects from alcohol on acinar cells - oxidative stress - fibrosis and atrophy - dilation and protein plugs - pseduocysts - DM late complication - not ductal adenoca
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Cause of fibrosis in chronic pancreatitis?
TGF-beta and PDGF induce activation of myofibroblasts causing increased collagen and fibrosis
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What does pseudocyst contain?
blood, necrotic debris, pancreatic enzymes
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Serous cystadenomas demographics and location?
- women | - body or tail of pancreas
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Mucinous cystic neoplasms demographics and location?
- women - body or tail of pancreas - identical to ovarian cysts
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Intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms demographics and location?
- men | - head of pancreas
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Pancreatic carcinoma risk factor?
smoking doubles risk
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T/F Pancreatic ca elicits intense desmoplastic reaction.
True
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First symptoms of pancreatic ca?
Pain | -then obstructive jaundice
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Trousseau sign?
migratory thrombophlebitis from elaboration of platelet activating factors and procoagulants in pancreatic ca
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Serum antigen in pancreatic ca?
CEA and CA 19-9
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Lipase hypersecretion syndrome?
Acinar cell carcinoma producing trypsin and lipase that causes: - subcutaneous fat necrosis - polyarthralgia - blood eosinophilia - nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis
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Pancreatoblastoma?
squamous islands mixed with acinar cells
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Estrogenic factors and cholelithiasis?
pregnancy and OCPs increases hepatic lipoprotein receptors that stimulate HMG-CoA reductase to increase cholesterol
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What causes 10-20% of cholesterol stones to be radiopaque?
calcium carbonate
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Causes of black stones?
- hemolytic anemia - cirrhosis - sclerosing cholangitis
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Causes of brown stones?
infected bile ducts by E. coli or Ascaris lumbricoides
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Charcot's triad of cholelithiasis?
1. RUQ pain 2. Fever 3. Jaundice
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Complications of cholelithiasis?
- perforation - fistula - cholangitis - pancreatitis
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What increases risk of GB carcinoma?
cholelithiasis
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Strawberry GB?
yellow deposits on mucosal surface from cholesterolosis
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Rokitansky aschoff sinuses?
out pouchings of mucosal epithelium from chronic cholecystitis
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Porcelain GB?
Hyalinizing cholecystitis from long standing injury causing diffuse fibrosis and calcification -high risk of carcinoma, needs to be removed
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Xanthogranulomatous cholecystitis?
shrunken GB, nodular, chronically inflamed with necrosis and hemorrhage with macrophages filled with lipids and fibrosis
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Hydrops of GB?
atrophic obstructed GB with clear secretions
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Reynalds pentad of ascending cholangitis?
1. RUQ pain 2. fever 3. jaundice 4. septic shock 5. CNS depression
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Fetal biliary atresia?
ineffective establishment of laterality of thoracic and abdominal organ development
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Perinatal biliary atresia?
normal biliary tree is destroyed after birth by viral infection
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Coagulative necrosis?
ischemia
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Apoptotic cell death?
shrunken, pyknotic
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Lytic necrosis?
cell swell, rupture leaving debris
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Interface necrosis?
between periportal parenchyma and portal tracts
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Bridging necrosis?
portal-portal portal-central central-central
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Cirrhosis?
advanced fibrosis forming nodules
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Does Hep A produce chronic disease?
No
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Importance of HBsAg?
immunogenic but not infectious and is basis for vaccine
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T cells in HBV pathogenesis?
CD8 T cells recognize and destroy infected cells
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Presence of HBeAg in serum?
intense viral replication and maximal infectivity
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Common cause of fulminant hepatitis?
HBV
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Polyarteritis nodosa and HBV?
1/3-2/3 of patients with PAN are carriers for HBV
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Are anti-Hb Ab found in the blood of those with chronic hepatitis?
No
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Chronic hepatitis B increases risk for what?
HCC
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Can HCV cause chronic disease?
yes
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Sicca syndrome?
Chronic HCV with immunologically related destruction of lacrimal and salivary glands
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Morphology of acute hepatitis?
- lymphoplasmacytic infiltration | - HBV: ground glass hepatocytes
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Morphology of chronic hepatitis?
- lymphoplasmacytic infiltration | - scarring
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Hepatitis associated with fatty change?
Chronic HCV
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Macronodular cirrhosis?
Chronic hepatitis
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Cells causing cirrhosis?
Stellate cells with collagen
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Hepatic steatosis?
micro vesicular progresses to macro vesicular with chronic alcohol and is reversible
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Morphology of alcoholic hepatitis?
- cell swelling and necrosis from fat accumulation - mallory denk bodies: cytokeratin and intermediate filaments - fatty change - necrosis - fibrosis - nodule regeneration
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Acetaldehyde?
metabolite of alcohol induces lipid per oxidation injuring the hepatocytes cytoskeleton and membrane
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Why does alcohol cause regional hypoxia?
endothelins are potent vasoconstrictors
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Defects causing hemochromatosis?
- HFE - Transferrin receptor 2 - Hepcidin
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Bronze diabetes with cirrhosis?
Hemochromatosis
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Wilsons disease?
copper deposits in liver, brain, eye | -Kayser fleisher rings in cornea
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Mutation in wilsons disease?
ATP7B leads to decreased copper in ceruloplasmin
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Genetic mutation associated with A1-AT deficiency?
PiZ | -PAS+
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Secondary biliary cirrhosis?
extra hepatic bile duct obstruction
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Primary biliary cirrhosis?
- intra hepatic bile duct destruction - women - Anti-mitochondrial Ab
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Primary sclerosing cholangitis?
- males with ulcerative colitis - beading of bile ducts - increased risk of cholangiocarcinoma
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Findings in liver failure?
1. Hypoalbumin causing edema 2. Hyperammonia causing Encephalopathy 3. Fetor hepaticus 4. Palmar erythema 5. Spider angiomas 6. Hypogonadism and gynecomastia 7. Impaired coagulation
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Most common cause of acute liver failure?
acetaminophen suicide attempt
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Pathophys of cerebral edema in liver failure?
glutamate is converted to glutamine by ammonia which accumulates in the astrocytes and then causes osmotic stress
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Causes of hepatic encephalopathy?
1. increased ammonia production from infection and constipation, GI bleed 2. decreased ammonia removal from liver failure, TIPS, diuretics
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Key mediator of hepatopulmonary syndrome?
Nitric oxide

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