Liver Pathology

Evaluation of the liver parenchyma includes the...?

Pathology of liver disease categories...? (9 categories)

Diffuse hepatocellular disease subcategories...?(4 categories)

Diffuse Hepatocellular Disease
Fatty Infiltration:
Fatty infiltration implies increase ______ accumulation in the hepatocytes and could result from ____________ to the liver or a __________ leading to impaired or excessive metabolism of fat.

Diffuse Hepatocellular Disease
Fatty Infiltration: Common Causes(6 causes)

Diffuse Hepatocellular Disease
Fatty Infiltration: Sonographic Features
Dependent on the severity of the _______ (slight-severe). Some text classifies by ________. There are ___ grades.

Diffuse Hepatocellular Disease
Fatty Infiltration: Sonographic Features
Grade 1: ______ diffuse increase in fine echoes in the _______ with normal visualization of the ________ and ____________.

Diffuse Hepatocellular Disease
Fatty Infiltration: Sonographic Features
Grade 2: _______ diffuse increase in the fine echoes with slightly impaired visualization of the ________ and _________.

Diffuse Hepatocellular Disease
Fatty Infiltration: Sonographic Features
Grade 3: _______ increase in the line echoes with poor or no visualization of the _______, _______, and the posterior portion of the ____________.

Diffuse Hepatocellular Disease
Fatty Infiltration: Sonographic Features
Liver _______ (hepatomegaly) especially in the lobe affected.
Liver is ________ and _________.
As the disease progresses, there is a decrease in the "_________"; decrease in the _______ of vessels.
Increase in ___________ (is the gradual loss in intensity of any kind of ____ through a medium).
Difficulty in visualizing the ______ veins.

Diffuse Hepatocellular Disease
Fatty Infiltration: Sonographic Features
Other characteristics of fatty infiltration:Focal Sparing
The most common areas are anterior to the _______ or the ________ and the posterior portion of the ____ lobe near the _______.

Diffuse Hepatocellular Disease
Fatty Infiltration/Lab/Symptoms
Increased _______ & _______May have ____-like symptomsLoss of ________FatigueNauseaVomiting

Glycogen Storage Disease
An __________ disorder that may be detected by ultrasound. There are ___ categories of glycogen storage disease that are divided by the ________ and the _____ in the enzyme.

Glycogen Storage Disease
Most Common: Type ___ : _____ Disease
Abnormally large amount of ______ are deposited in the _____ and _______. Activity of the enzyme glucose-6-phosphate is _____, preventing glycogenolysis. Glycogen is stores in the ____, but the body is __________.
This begins in _____, with _______, a good survival prognosis through adulthood is predicted.

Glycogen Storage Disease
Patients present with ________, _________ echogenicity, and a decrease in ______ due to the increase fat stores in the liver.
The disease is associated with ________, _________, and _________.