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Exam review
GIT and Liver, Gall bladder
Liver
Hepatitis
Circulatory diseases
Hepatitis
Hepatitis A infection (infectious hepatitis) : RNA
virus
Spread: Fecal-oral route.
C/F: Never develop a carrier, chronic state ,
Hepatocellular carcinoma.
C/F: Mild disease, quick recovery,
Acute disease: Positive for IgM antibody to hepatitis A
virus (antigen).
Incidence: Sporadic outbreaks in restaurants.
In places with poor hygiene.
Common in children
Adults are often seropositive
Hepatitis B infection (DNA virus)
Spread: Parenterally and by intimate contact through
mucosal surfaces.
Vertical transmission is common.
Carrier state is common,
Less chance of Chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis.
Increased chance of Developing Hepatocellular
carcinoma.
Carrier: Positive HBsAg even after 6 months, with
normal health but can transmit infection.
Interpretation of HBV serology
Acute phase
Carrier phase
Chronic
HBsAg +
IgM AntiHBs.
HBsAg +
> 6 months
No surface
antigen*
HBcAg +
IgM AntiHBc
IgG
Anti-HBc > 6
months
IgG
Anti-HBc >
6 months
HBV DNA
HBV DNA
DNA polymerase/ HBV
DNA
Hepatitis C infection (non-A, non-B hepatitis)
RNA virus
Spread : Parenterally and via contact-associated
mechanisms.
Vertical transmission is NOT common.
C/F : More chance of Chronic hepatitis cirrhosis and
Hepatocellular carcinoma.
Acute disease: Positive for IgM antibody to hepatitis C
virus antigen.
Chronic disease: Positive for IgG antibody to hepatitis
C virus (antigen). Fatty change seen.
Incidence: It is seen most commonly in the
homosexual community, intravenous drug users, and
patients who have received multiple blood
transfusions.
Delta virus infection
RNA virus that is replication defective : cause
infection when encapsulated by HBsAg
Co-infection : Positive for IgM antibody to hepatitis D
virus antigen and IgM antibody to HBc antigen.
Super infection: Positive for IgM antibody to
hepatitis D virus antigen and HBsAg.
Incidence: common in drug addict and
hemophiliac
Clinical features: Fulminant hepatitis common
with this infection, cirrhosis.
Acute Hepatitis
Liver cell swelling, feathery degeneration
Ground glass Hepatocytes and sanded nuclei and
apoptosis (HBV).
Chronic hepatitis
Symptomatic, biochemical and/or serological
evidence of relapsing hepatic disease for more
than 6 months.
Etiology: HCV ( commonest )
A. General features
A. Bridging necrosis and fibrosis
B. Lymphoid aggregates
C. Piecemeal necrosis= interface hepatitis
Circulatory disorders of liver
These are the disease due to circulatory
disturbances
Disturbance of circulation within the liver:
Cirrhosis, sinusoidal dilatation, veno occlusive
disease.
Disturbance of circulation Out side the liver :
Shock, RHF, hepatic artery thrombosis (cause
infarct), portal vein thrombosis, hepatic vein
thrombosis.
Disease
• Sinusoidal dilation (aka)= Peliosis
hepatis
– Etiology : Anabolic steroid , danazol, OC
pill
– Peliotic lesions usually disappear after
cessation of drug treatment.
• Nutmeg liver/ centrilobular necrosis/
cardiac cirrhosis
– Etiology : Right sided heart failure/shock
Nutmeg liver and centrilobular necrosis
Budd-Chiari syndrome
Def: acute thrombotic occlusion of the hepatic vein.
Etiology;
1. Polycythemia Vera
2. Myeloproliferative disorder (CML)
3. Use of OC pill, HCC.
4. Deficiencies in antithrombin, protein S, or
protein C, or mutations of factor V
Clinical: Tender hepatomegaly, some features of PHT,
liver enzyme elevation.
Diagnostic procedure: venogram
Veno occlusive diseases (VOD)
Etiology :
Immediate week after bone marrow
transplantation with immunosuppressant
therapy.
Pathogenesis :
Fibrosis of Small hepatic vein radicles.
Clinical:
tender hepatomegaly, ascites, weight gain,
and jaundice
Liver infarct
• Cause:
– thrombosis or compression of an intrahepatic
branch of the hepatic artery by embolism,
neoplasia,sepsis.
Portal Vein Obstruction and Thrombosis
• Insidious and well tolerated
• Morphology: Well demarcated area of redblue discoloration (infarct of Zahn), no
necrosis only atrophy.
• Ascites and other manifestations of portal
hypertension
Drug and toxin induces liver disease
Type of Hepatobiliary
damage
Micro vesicular fatty
change
Macro vesicular fatty
change
Centrilobular necrosis
Drug or toxin
Tetracycline, ethanol
Ethanol, Methotrexate
and diabetes mellitus
Acetaminophen,
halothane.
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