SA Chronic Hepatobiliary Disease (DeMonaco) Flashcards
Canine hepatobiliary disease
Chronic Idiopathic Hepatitis definition
Insult to liver that initiates immune-mediated inflammation (pathogen, drug, vaccine, toxin, change in intestinal microbiome)
Canine hepatobiliary disease
Chronic idiopathic hepatitis bloodwork
- elevated ALT
- elevated ALP
- +/- decreased albumin
- hyperbilirubinemia
ALT = hepatocyte leakage/injury enzyme
Canine hepatobiliary disease
How is chronic idiopathic hepatitis diagnosed?
Biopsy
changes seen on AUS are non-specific and suppportive evidence only
Canine hepatobiliary disease
Copper Hepatopathy definition
dysfunction in copper metabolism -> copper accumualtes abnormally in liver -> reactive oxygen species
Canine hepatobiliary disease
What breeds are common in chronic idiopathic hepatitis?
Labradors, doberman pinschers, cocker spaniels
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What breeds are common in copper hepatopathy
Terriers, labradors, westies, dobermans, dalmatians
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Where are 1º versus 2º copper hepatopathy lesions?
1º: Centrilobular portions
2º: Periportal
Canine hepatobiliary disease
Cirrhosis definition
Chronic hepatic inflamamtion -> end-stage condition
- marked bridging fibrosis, nodular regeneration, distortion of hepatic architecture (“grapes” appearance)
- portal hypertension
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Dogs versus cats hepatic neoplasia
Dogs: usually metastatic (from spleen, pancreas, GI)
Cats: usually primary hepatobilliary neoplasia
Canine hepatobiliary disease
Most common hepatic neoplasia in dogs
1. Hepatocellular carcinoma
- malignant liver tumor
- good prognosis (if caught before metastasis)
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Steroid Hepatopathy: definition and sequela
- elevated hepatic enzymes, especially cALP
- hepatomegaly
- acumulation of glycogen in hepatocytes -> vacuolar hepatopathy
Recall: dogs have cALP enzyme!
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Nodular Hyperplasia
definition and characteristics
Old age-related change in dogs
- benign, asymptomatic
- mild-marked increased ALP
- no tx required
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How to prep for a liver biopsy
Assess BMBT, CBC (platelets), PT/PTT (clotting times)
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Tru-Cut biopsy
- advantages
- disadvantages
Advantages
- least invasive
Disadvantages
- cannot visualize liver lobes
- can’t immediately contorl post-biopsy hemorrhage
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Laparoscopic biopsy
- advantages
- disadvantages
Advantages
- minimally invasive
- can visualize the liver
- can directly stop hemorrhage
- larger samples than tru-cut
Disadvantages
- can’t acccess entire liver
- smaller, less-targeted samples than surgical
most common method
Canine hepatobiliary disease
Surgical biopsy
- advantages
- disadvantages
Advantages
- bigger, more targeted samples
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Disadvantages
- most invasive
- anesthesia required