Peds- Liver Flashcards

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When imaging perdiatric liver all adult landmarks must be acquired including?

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  • PV
  • PV bifurcation
  • CHA
  • CBD
  • HV’s
  • biliary tract
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Liver on U/S?

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  • homogenous
  • more echogenic than kidneys
  • doppler to see bile ducts
  • functional vs. segmental division
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4 benign liver tumors?

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  1. hemangioma
  2. mesenchymal hamartoma
  3. adenoma
  4. focal nodular hyperplasia
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3 types of hemangioma?

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  1. infantile
  2. hemangioendothelioma
  3. cavernous hemangioma
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5 malignant liver tumors?

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  1. hepatoblastoma
  2. HCC
  3. fibrolamellar HCC
  4. mesechymal (embryonal) sarcoma
  5. metastases
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what is hemangioma?

  • common or uncommon?
  • arise from?
  • most common?
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  • rare
  • arise from AV malformations
  • most common heptatic mass in neonate
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what is the most common hepatic mass in neonate?

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hemangioma

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what is hemangioendothelioma?

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  • blood filled spaces with multilayered endothelium
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what is cavernous hemangioma?

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  • single layered endothelium
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who does hemangioendothelioma mainly affect? what is it associated with?

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  • affects infants less than 6 months of age

- associated with skin hemangiomas

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clinical presentations of hemangioendothelioma?

  • symptomatic
  • asymptomatic
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symptomatic:

  • hepatomegly
  • congestice heart failure
  • hemoperitoneum from rupture

asymptomatic
- causes may undergo complete involution

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Hemangioendothelioma sono features?

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  • single or mulltiple
  • varying echo and size
  • contains fine linear foci of calcium
  • may have enhancement
  • vascular
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Cavernous Hemangioma?

  • mainly found in?
  • age?
  • usually found how?
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  • 3x more likely in girls
  • evident by 2 months of age
  • usually found incidentlly
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Cavernous Hemangioma clinical presentation?

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  • large hemangiomas may cause:
  • hepatomegly (palpable)
  • obstructive jaundice
  • bowel obstruction (vomiting)
  • respriratory insufficiency
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cavernous hemangioma treatment?

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  • varies with size of mass
  • usually regresses
  • lobectomy or resection if needed
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sono features Cavernous Hemangioma?

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  • well defined
  • hyperechoic (multiple interfaces between walls of blood-filled vessels)
  • can be hypoechoic (atypical)
  • enhancement
  • vascular
  • may calcify with PAS
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what is mesenchymal hamargtoma?

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  • rare
  • congenital
  • arises from connective tissue of the portal tracts
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Mesenchymal Hamartoma clinical presentation?

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  • painless abdominal swelling
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Mesenchymal Hamartoma sono features?

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  • resembles hemangioma but avascular
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Mesenchymal Hamartoma treatment?

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  • resection

- excellent prognosis

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adenoma is highly associated with?

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  • glycogen storage disease
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adenoma sono apperance?

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  • hyper or hyopechoic
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FNH?

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rare in children

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FNH sono features?

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  • isoechoic

- doppler- blood in centre of lesion

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25
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what fraction of solid pediatric liver tumors are malignant?

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2/3

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Most common pediatric liver mass?

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heptaoblastoma

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Hepatoblastoma is most common in?

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boys younger than 5

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Hepatoblastoma clinical presentation?

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  • hepatomegaly
  • painless, palpable abdominal mass

Advanced cases:

  • fever
  • weight loss
  • pain
  • nausea and vommiting
  • jaundice
  • anemia
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Hepatoblastoma lab values?

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  • increased AFP

- increased LFT

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Hepatoblastoma treatment?

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  • resection if it occupies one lobe and didn’t invade portal vein
  • chemotherapy improved operability
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Hepatoblastoma sono features?

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  • Solitary multinodular mass
  • Heterogeneous
  • Hyperechoic
  • ill-defined borders
  • Areas of necrosis and hemorrhage
  • Calcifications
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HCC (hepatoma) affects? associated with (3)?

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  • affects children older than 3 years of age

associated with:

  • glycogen storage disease
  • wilson’s disease
  • hepatitis
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HCC (Hepatoma) clinical presentation?

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  • sudden liver failure due to thrombosis of portals or HVs
  • hepatomegaly
  • pain
  • GI bleeding, anemia
  • ascites
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HCC (hepatoma) lab values?

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  • increased AFP

- Hypoglycemia

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HCC (hepatoma) sono features?

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  • similar to Hepatoblastoma
  • solid hyperechoic mass involving the entire liver
  • well-defined or ill-defined borders
  • anechoic areas within mass from necrosis
  • hypo-anechoic halo around mass
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What is Fibrolamellar HCC? who does it mainly affect?

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  • Histologic subtype of HCC

- affects teenagers ad young adults

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Fibrolamellar HCC clinical presentation?

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  • abdominal pain
  • mass, fever, weight loss
  • diarrhea
  • vomiting
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Fibrolamellar HCC lab values?

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AFP normal or mildly elevated

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Fibrolamellar HCC sono features?

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  • solitary well0 marginated
  • variable echogenicity
  • focal calcifications
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What is Mesenchymal Sarcoma? how does it mainly affect?

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  • rare
  • 5-10 year old
  • fast growing tumor
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Mesenchymal Sarcoma clinical presentations?

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  • abdominal pain
  • swelling
  • palpable mass
  • AFP normal
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Mesenchymal Sarcoma sono features?

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  • single
  • round, well-defined
  • variable echogenicity with anachoic/ cystic spaces creating enhancement
43
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Metastases is usually associated with? (4)

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  1. neuroblastoma
  2. wilm’s tumor
  3. leukemia
  4. lymphoma
44
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most common cause of metastases in children?

A

neuroblastoma

45
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Metastases non features?

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  • variable apperance

- multiiple masses

46
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infectious and inflammatory diseased of the liver? (2)

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  1. hepatitis

2. abscess

47
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3 kinds of abcesses?

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  1. amebic abscess
  2. pyogenic abscess
  3. fungal abscess
48
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what is hepatitis?

  • viral?
  • non viral?
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  • diffuse infaction of the liver
  • inflammation and necrosis of hepatic cells

almost all cases are viral:
- A, B, C, D, E, CMV, herpes

non-viral causes:

  • toxins
  • drugs
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hepatitis symptoms?

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  • hepatomegly with pain
  • jaundice
  • nausea
  • fever
  • loss of appetite
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chronic hepatitis symptoms?

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  • cirrhosis
  • liver damage
  • cancer
51
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hepatitis sono apperance?

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  • hyper or hypoechoic
  • hepatomegly
  • prominent portal vein
52
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liver abscess results from?

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  • neonatal infection from the umbilicus or surgery
  • seeded into liver through the portal or umbilical vein
  • high mortality rate
53
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liver abscess treatment?

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  • antibiotic therapy
  • drainage
  • surgery
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who does amebic abscesses affect?

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  • children in areas where drinking water is contaminated and sanitation is poor
55
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amebic abscess enters body? forms?

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  • enters the liver from colon through portal system

- forms a cavity in liver and becomes abscess

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Amebic Abscess lab values?

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  • mildly elavated LFT’s
  • anemia
  • leukocytosis
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Amebic Abscess clinical presentation?

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  • abdo distention
  • fever
  • RUQ pain
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Amebic Abscess cono features?

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  • hypoechoic spherical lesion

- right lobe

59
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What is Pyogenic Abscess?

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  • rare
  • can be fatal in children
  • E.coli / Klebsiella pneumoniae
  • Immunocompromised children
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Pyogenic Abscess sono features?

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  • discretely marginated hypoechoic structures with enhancement
  • complex hyperechoic with poorly defined walls
  • if contains gas – shadowing and reverberation artifacts
  • bull’s eye appearance
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What is Fungal Abscess?

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  • immunocompromised children

- cansisa albicans

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Fungal Abscess sono features?

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  • multiple small lesions
  • irregular walls
  • round and hypoechoic
  • target or wheel within a wheel appearance
63
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Diffuse Liver Disease examples (3)?

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  • fatty liver
  • cirrhosis
  • hepatic fibrosis
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fatty infiltration is caused by?

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  • chronic hepatic injury and results from an accumilation of abnormal triglycerides and lipids
  • can be diffese or focal
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fatty infiltration associates with?

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  • many pathological conditions
  • child obesity
  • can be reversable
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Diffuse Fatty Infiltration sono features?

  • mild
  • moderate
  • severe
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  • large and echogenic liver with decreased visualization of hepatic veins

Mild - increased echo

Moderate - increased echo, decreased penetration, faint visualization of vasculature

Severe - unable to penetrate liver, no visualization of vasculature

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focal fatty infiltration sono features?

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  • distinct areas of increased echogenicity
  • mimics mass without mass effect
  • does not change the contour of the liver
68
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What is cirrhosis?

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  • parenchymal destruction, scarring, fibrosis, and nodular regeneration
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cirrhosis is due to?

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Biliary atresia
Cystic fibrosis
Chronic hepatitis
Metabolic dx
Budd-Chiari syndrome
Medications
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cirrhosis clinical presentation?

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  • hepatomegaly (early stages)
  • jaundice
  • ascites
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cirrhosis lab tests?

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mildly increased:

  • AST
  • ALT
  • LDH
  • direct and indirect bilirubin
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Cirrhosis u/s features?

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Small liver (late stage)
Surface nodularity
Coarse/heterogenous echo
Increased echo
Signs of ascites, splenomegaly, portal hypertension
73
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Hepatic fibrosis?

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  • rare
  • associated with ARPKD
  • excessive connective tissue build-up due to chronic injury
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Hepatic Fibrosis clinical presentations?

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  • hepatomegaly

- portal hypertension

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Hepatic Fibrosis sono features?

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  • increased echogenicity of liver

- biliary dilatation

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Hepatic Vascular Disorders (4)?

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Portal Hypertension
Portal Vein Thrombosis
Budd-Chiari*
Hepatic Infarction

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Portal Hypertention?

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  • increased resistance to normal portal flow
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Portal Hypertention clinical presentation?

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  • splenomegly
  • ascites
  • caput medusa

severe cases:

  • hematemesis
  • hepatic encephalopathy
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Portal Hypertension types of obstruction?

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  • prehepatic
  • PV or SV thrombosis
  • intrahepatic (cirrhosis)
  • posthepatic (heart conditions)
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Portal Hypertension sono features?

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  • Hepatofugal portal flow
  • Varices
  • Splenomegaly
  • Ascities
  • Cirrhosis
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Portal Vein Thrombosis caused by?

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  • thrombosis due to dehydration, catheterization, shock, portal hypertension

OR

  • tumor invasion from HCC or hepatoblastoma
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Portal Vein Thrombosis clinical presentation?

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  • acute abdo. pain

- splenomegaly

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Portal Vein Thrombosis sono features?

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  • Enlarged, echogenic portal veins
  • Absent doppler
  • Visualization of tumor invasion
  • Cavernous transformation (in chronic PVT)
  • Acute PVT can mimic normal portal vein on grey scale
  • Collaterals
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What is Budd-Chiari syndrome?

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Clinical features of hepatic venous outflow obstruction

85
Q

Budd-Chiari syndrome causes? (3)

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  1. idiopathic occlusion
  2. neoplastic invasion
  3. thrombosis
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Q

Budd-Chiari syndrome sono?

  • primary findings?
  • secondary findings?
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Primary findings:

  • Hepatomegaly
  • Echogenic clot in HVs
  • Absence of flow in HVs

Secondary findings:

  • Ascites
  • Pleural effusion
  • GB wall edema
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Hepatic Infarction?

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Rare due to liver’s dual blood supply

Can occur with hepatic artery occlusion

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Hepatic Infarction sono?

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  • Wedge-shaped, round or oval area of decreased echogenicity
  • Good margins
  • Changes from hypo to hyper to calcification over time
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Hepatic Trauma?

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  • Liver is the most commonly injured abdominal organ in blunt abdominal trauma in children
  • Hemoperitoneum
  • Hematomas in liver change with time and vary in echogenicity
  • Anechoic to complex with possible calcifications
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4 types of hepatic trauma?

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  1. subcapsular
  2. parenchymal
  3. lacerations
  4. fractures
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Hepatic Cysts?

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  • Congenital cysts are rare
  • Associated with multicystic kidney disease and Von Hippel Lindau disease
  • Can be acquired via trauma
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Hepatic Cysts clinical presentations?

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  • asymptomatic

- unless cyst is large- than palpable

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Hepatic Cysts sono?

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  • smooth-walled
  • anechoic
  • enhancement
  • attaches by stalk
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Hydatid echinococcal cysts?

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Parasitic (tapeworm)

Echinococcus

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Hydatid echinococcal cysts causes?

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  • Exposure to livestock, farming, dogs

- Parasite reaches liver from intestines through PV

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Hydatid echinococcal cysts sono?

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  • Simple cyst

- Complex cyst (daughter cysts, septa, debris, floating membranes)

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Hydatid echinococcal cysts Clinical signs?

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  • Urticaria
  • RUQ pain
  • Hepatomegaly
  • Lungs, brain, kidneys can be affected
  • Rupture of cyst to peritoneum – anaphylactic shock