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Schistosomiasis - Answer -One of the most common parasitic infections in
humans & major cause of portal hypertension in endemic areas
- eggs react liver via portal vn inciting granulomatous resulting in peri portal
fibrosis
-U/S: occluded intrahepatic portal vn, thickening and increased echogenicity of
portal
Acute Hepatitis - Answer -this form of hepatitis is known as "starry night"
-hypoechoic enlarged liver
-can cause elevated ALT,AST, conjugated and unconjugated bilirubin
Chronic Hepatitis - Answer This form of hepatitis causes liver to become
hyperechoic and small with decreased echogenicity of portal walls
Sonographic findings related to AIDS - Answer What DZ is associated with:
Pneumocystis carinii, fatty liver infiltration, hepatomegaly, hepatitis, Non-
hodgkin's Lymphoma, Candidiasis, Cholangitis, Acalculous Cholecystitis, and
Kaposi's Sarcoma?
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Pneumocystis carinii and it causes diffuse, non-shadowing, hyperechoic foci. -
Answer What is the most common organism causing infection in AIDS patients
and what effect does it have on the liver?
Fatty Infiltration - Answer this is the accumulation of triglycerides within
hepatocytes.
Glycogen Storage Dz - Answer genetically aquired disorder that results in
excessive deposition of glycogen in the liver. It is associated with fatty infiltration
and hepatic adenomas.
Focal fatty infiltration, cavernous hemangiomas, echogenic metastasis, or hepatic
lipoma. - Answer What could be a differential diagnosis of hyperechoic masses
within the liver include?
Cirrhosis - Answer What is a diffuse process of fibrosis and distortion of normal
liver architecture. With this Dz there is initially liver enlargement then with
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repeated insult, liver atrophy occurs along with portal hypertension an hepatic
encephalopathy.
Hepatitis C - Answer What is the leading cause nation wide
>13mm - Answer What portal diameter is suggestive of portal hypertension?
True - Answer T/F ? Does cirrhosis patients have a high incidence of HCC?
Caput Medusa - Answer What are tortuous collaterals seen around the umbilicus
called?
Hepatofugal - Answer What direction is normal for the RPV and LPV to travel in a
patient with a TIPS?
Biliary atresia - Answer What would be an indication/reason for a child to need a
liver transplant?
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