Sanders Chapter 8 - Right Upper Quadrant Mass Possible Metastases to Liver COPY Flashcards

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Abnormally enlarged lymph nodes.

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Adenopathy

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Biochemical marker that, when elevated, may indicate hepatocellular cancer in the liver.

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Alpha-Fetoprotein

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Abscess caused by amebic infection. Common in Mexico and southern United States.

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Ameboma

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Thrombosis of the hepatic veins. Associated with ascites and liver failure.

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Budd-Chiari Syndrome

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CEA is a colorectal tumor marker. Abnormal values are specific neither for colon cancer nor for malignancy. CEA determination may have prognostic value for patients with colon cancer and may be used to monitor treatment, but it fails to detect recurrent disease in more than 50% of patients. CEA usually returns to normal within 1 to 2 months of surgery.

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Carcinoembryonic Antigen (CEA)

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Lobe of the liver that lies posterior to the left lobe and anterior to the inferior vena cava.

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Caudate Lobe

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Area of decreased radionuclide uptake on nuclear liver-spleen scan.

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Cold Defect

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Nomenclature describing segmental anatomy of the liver.

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Couinaud-Bismuth

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A right upper quadrant mass with painless jaundice implies that there is a cancer in the head of the pancreas that is causing biliary duct obstruction. The palpable mass is due to an enlarged gallbladder.

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Courvoisier’s Sign

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Infected cyst caused by hydatid disease. Frequently calcified. Seen in individuals who are in contact with sheep and dogs.

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Echinococcal Cyst

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Benign vascular tumor of the liver.

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Hemangioma

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12
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Liver tumor that is common in childhood.

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Hepatoblastoma

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Tumor of the liver that is associated with end-stage cirrhosis. Common in the Far East and Africa, where toxins from certain fungi can precipitate the disease, in patients with viral infections of the liver, and in ethanol-induced cirrhosis.

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Hepatoma (Hepatocellular Carcinoma)

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Echogenic focus in the left lobe of the liver; remnant of the fetal umbilical vein.

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Ligamentum Teres

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Obsolete term for the medial segment of the left lobe of the liver.

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Quadrate Lobe

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16
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Change in shape that occurs when the right lobe of the liver is longer than usual but the left is smaller— a normal variant.

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Riedel’s Lobe