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YR3 8 L HO1 Flashcards

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Liver Structure/Function - Zone 1 oxygen rich blood

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Hepatic artery

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Liver Structure/Function - Zone 1 nutrient rich blood

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Portal vein

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Liver Structure/Function - Zone 1 Blood vessels origin

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Portal triad

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Liver Structure/Function - Zone 1 is active in

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Plasma protein synthesis & general protein metabolism

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Liver Structure/Function - Zone 3 is last to

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Receive oxygen & nutrients and close to the central vein

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Liver Structure/Function - Zone 3 is rich in

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Smooth ER and mixed function oxidases e.g. cytochrome P450

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Liver Structure/Function - Bile movement

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Blood moves to the centre, bile movies opposite

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Liver Functions

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1)Metabolic 2)Bile pigments, bile salts, cholesterol 3)Phagocytosis 4)Extramedullary haemopoiesis 5)Detoxification (conjugation - lipid to water soluble)

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Liver Metabolic Functions

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1)Carbohydrate 2)Lipid 3)Protein 4)Plasma proteins synthesis (serum albumin, most globulins) 5)Clotting factors (fibrinogen, prothrombin, V, VII, IX, X) 6)Vitamins A, D B12 7)Fe storage

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Liver Reactions to Injury

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1)Regeneration 2)Fibrosis 3)Bile duct hyperplasia

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Liver Rxns to Injury - Regeneration; types

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Micro vs. Macronodular

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Liver Rxn to Injury - Fibrosis; types

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1) Biliary (portal) 2)Post-necrotic 3)Diffuse (intra/interlobular) 4)Periacinar (centrilobular)

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Liver Disease - Clinical Signs

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1)Jaundice (icterus) 2)Hepatogenous photosensitivity 3)Coagulopathies 4)Diarrhoea 5)Oedema, Ascities 6)Weight loss

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Incidental Liver Lesions

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1)Tension lipidosis 2)Capsule plaques or tags 3)Telangiectasis 4)Gall bladder anomalies

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Incidental Liver Lesions - Tension lipidosis

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Common in horses - caused by capsular tension. Lesion - well demarcated area of fatty change

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Incidental Liver Lesions - Capsule plaques

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Diaphragmatic surface of horse livers - due to strongyle migration

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Incidental Liver Lesions - Telangiectasis

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Localised dilation of sinusoids - slightly sunken foci. Common in old cats and cattle

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Liver Postmortem Changes

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1)Autolysis 2)Putrefaction 3)Pseudomelanosis 4)Bile imbibition 5)Haemoglobin imbibition

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Liver Postmortem Changes - Putrefaction

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Also called pseudonecrosis. Irregular pale tan foci which may contain gas bubbles

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Liver Postmortem Changes - Advanced Putrefaction

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Foci of post mortem bacterial invasion and gas production. The diffuse pallor is due to autolysis

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Liver Postmortem Changes - Pseudomelanosis

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Pigmentation due to iron sulphide and sulphur methaemoglobin. Proximity to intestines - the same process results in the greenish pigmentation of the abdominal wall

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Liver Postmortem Changes - Bile Imbibition

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Yellow/Green discolouration of the liver or any tissues adjacent to the gall bladder due to leakage

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Liver Congenital Anomalies

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Cysts - Differentiate from parasites/tumours (may be acquired) e.g. Congenital Biliary Cysts

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Liver Displacement/Rupture

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1)Diaphragm - displacement caudally, hernia 2)Torsion of lobe - Pigs, dogs; usually the left lateral lobe > causes shock & death 3)Rupture

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Liver Displacement/Rupture - Rupture

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Most common cause is trauma. Inflammation, fatty change and amyloidosis may predispose

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Liver Pigments & Deposits

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1)Melanosis 2)Lipopigments 3)Haemosiderin 4)Bile pigment 5)Indole melanins 6)Iron-porphyrin 7)Crystalloid material 8)Amloid

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Liver Pigments & Deposits - Congenital Melanosis

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Calves, lambs, piglets -no pathological significance

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Liver Pigments & Deposits - Lipopigments; type

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Yellow to Brown 1)Ceroid due to auto-oxidation of polyunsaturated fat 2)Lipofuscin - age pigment

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Liver Pigments & Deposits - Lipopigments; disease

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Storage disease (ceroid-lipofusinosis)

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Liver Pigments & Deposits - Haemosiderin

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If severe, grossly dark brown

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Liver Pigments & Deposits - Haemosiderosis

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1)Iron overload 2)Haemolytic anaemias 3)Copper deficiency 4)Cachexia

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Liver Pigments & Deposits - Cholestasis

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Greenish or orange bile oozes from cut surfaces. Distinguish from fatty liver.

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Liver Pigments & Deposits - Bile Pigmentation

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May be olive green to yellow ochre. Birds - green due to biliverdin 1)Cholestasis 2)Obstructive icterus

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Liver Pigments & Deposits - Indole Melanin

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From Pharlaris staggers & Tryptamine alkaloid. Greenish-grey: Parts of the brain & renal medulla

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Liver Pigments & Deposits - Iron porphyrin

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Black pigment. From Fasciola & Schistosoma spp. Infections

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Liver Pigments & Deposits - Crystalloid Material

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From Panicum spp. And Tribulus terrestris > Hepatogenous photosensitivity

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Liver Pigments & Deposits - Amyloidosis

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Secondary to chronic inflammation. Amyloid deposited in space of Disse > Hepatomegaly, pale tan, predisposed to rupture

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Liver - Reversible Injury (Degeneration)

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1)Cell swelling 2)Fatty change

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Reversible Injury - Cell Swelling

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Aka ‘cloud swelling’ or ‘hydropic degeneration’ Grossly: the liver may be emlarged and light brown

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Reversible Injury - Fatty Change

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Gross: Tan, creamy-yellow, enlarged w/ rounded edges, friable in consistency and often greasy to touch with a small amt. of bile oozing out of cut surface. Micro: Smooth edges of fat vacuoles

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Reversible Injury - Fatty Change; diseases

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1) Diabetes 2)Pregnancy ketosis

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Causes of Fatty Liver

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1)Physiological 2)Pathological

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Causes of Fatty Liver - Physiological

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1)Fasting 2)Pregnancy (esp. ruminants) 3)Lactation (cow)

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Causes of Fatty Liver - Pathological

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1)Genetic - hyperlipaemia in horses, cats 2)Metabolic - pregnancy toxaemia & ketosis, diabetes mellitus, hypothyroidism, hyperarenocorticism 3)Deficiencies - anaemia, choline, cobalt/vitB12 4)Toxicities - phosphorus, aflatoxin, myoporum spp.

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Ovine White Liver Disease

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Ill thrift, photosensivity due to cobalt/vitB12 deficiency

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Changes in Liver &/ Hepatocyte Size - Atrophy

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Due to shunts, malnutrition, ‘portal streaming’

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Changes in Liver &/ Hepatocyte Size - Hepatomegaly

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1)Chronic passive congestion 2)Cell swelling 3)Fatty change 4)Amyloidosis 5)Diffuse inflammation 6)Diffuse neoplasia

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Patterns of Liver Necrosis

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1)Single cell 2)Focal 3)Centrilobular 4)Midzonal 5)Periportal 6)Paracentral 7)Massive 8)Pannecrosis

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Patterns of Liver Necrosis - Focal>Small

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Small necrotic foci - Scattered, Multifoci, Need light to see. Causes - Bacterial septicaemia e.g. salmonellosis, Virus e.g. EHV1, Protozoa e.g. Toxoplasma

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Patterns of Liver Necrosis - Focal>Large

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Foci can be >20mm and coalescing. Causes - Necrobacillosis by Fusobacterium necrophorum

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Patterns of Liver Necrosis - Centrilobular (Periacinar)

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Causes - hypoxia, passive congestion, exogenous toxins

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Patterns of Liver Necrosis - Zonal

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Causes - 1)various plant toxicities 2)polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) toxicity

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Patterns of Liver Necrosis - Periportal

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Causes - 1)phosphorus poisoning 2)acute sporidesmin toxicity (facial eczema)

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Patterns of Liver Necrosis - Massive/Submassive

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Causes - 1)Serum hepatitis in horses 2)Cardiac failure in pigs 3)Acute iron toxicity in piglets 4)Acute parenteral copper toxicity in calves 5)Hepatosis dietetica in pigs

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Hepatosis dietetica in pigs

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Deficiences in VitE/Se, S-containing aa or choline. Often diet high in polyunsaturated fats. Lesion - Necrotic lobules collapse, healing results in post necrotic scarring

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VitE / Se Deficiency / Xs Dietary Unsaturated Fats in Pigs

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1)Hepatosis dietetica 2)Muscular dystrophy 3)Mulberry heart 4)Yellow fat disease 5)Exudative diathesis 6)Fibrinoid necrosis of arterioles 7)Serous effusions

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Patterns of Liver Necrosis - Pannecrosis

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Liver literally a ‘bag of blood’. Outcome 1)Rift Valley fever in lambs 2)Some haemorrhagic fever in man

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Circulatory Changes and Vascular Anomalies

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1)Obstruction of the hepatic artery 2)Portal Vein 3)Obstruction of efferent vessels 4)Portosystemic shunts

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Obstuction of the Hepatic Artery

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1)Small foci of necrosis - parasitc migration 2)Large necrotic segments of the liver: Horses - Strongylus vulgaris arteritis, Cats - Aortic/hepatic arterial thrombosis

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Portal Vein - Portal Streaming

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Selective distribution of blood in the liver

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Portal Vein - Portal Hypertension; cause

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1)Severe, widespread hepatic necrosis 2)Widespread hepatic fibrosis 3)Right-sided congestive heart failure 4)Cardiac tamonade > Sequelae - Ascites (often containing fibrin)

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Chronic Passive Congestion; definition

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Liver swollen and darker than normal with severe ascites - the pattern on cut surface may resemble a nutmeg. The nutmeg-like appearance is due to centrilobular necrosis / fibrosis, sinusoidal engorgement and periportal fatty change

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Chronic Passive Congestion; causes

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1)Congestive (right) heart failure 2)Caudal vena cava thrombosis 3)Liver incarceration in diaophragmatic hernia 4)Chronic partial torsion of a lobe

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Obstruction of Efferent Veins; causes

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1)’Nutmeg’ liver 2)Cardiac fibrosis 3)Cyanotic induration > Chronic Passive Congestive synonyms

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Portosystemic Shunts

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Dog & Cats, Congenital or Acquired. High NH3 and Bile Salts, Low urea and albumin, Ammonium biurate crystals in urine. Liver is small, firm and nodular

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Portosystemic Shunts - Congenital

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Young runts with nervous signs (hepatic encephalopathy). Five types (intra/extra hepatic) 1)Patent ductus venosus 2)Portal vein atresia 3)Portocaval 4)Portoazygos 5)Portocaval-azygos

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Portosystemic Shunts - Acquired

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Portal hypertension present

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