Definition • 90% of acute cholecystitis cases are due to stones. It occurs as a result of stone obstruction of the cystic duct and secondary...
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Definition and Pathogenesis: • Intestinal iron absorption is increased in hemochromatosis. • There is an autosomal recessive HFE gene mutati...
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Etiology: • Many drugs, herbal medicines and industrial substances can cause liver injury with different clinical and histological findings ...
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Definition: It is the destruction of the liver, ranging from fatty liver to cirrhosis, due to excessive alcohol consumption. Pathogenesis: •...
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Definition • Chronic hepatitis is the damage and deterioration of the liver parenchyma structure with necrosis and fibrosis as a result of i...
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It is a picture characterized by encephalopathy and coagulopathy as a result of sudden and severe deterioration of hepatic functions. Etiolo...
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General features • It is transmitted by fecal-oral route. • The incubation period is 15-60 days. • It may rarely become chronic in organ tra...
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General features • Delta virus is a detective RNA virus. • The incubation period is 15-80 days and the most important transmission route is ...
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E pidemiology and transmission HCV is the most common cause of chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis and hepatocellular cancer in the world. • IV dru...
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General features: • It is an DNA virus from the Hepadnavirus family. The incubation period is 30-180 (average 80) days. • The risk of becomi...
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Epidemiology: • Hepatitis A virus is transmitted from fecal to oral. The incubation period is 15-50 (average 30) days. • The first antibody ...
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- Definition: Cholestasis is defined as stasis in any region from the release of bile to the intracanalicular distance by the hepatocytes un...
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- Liver mass and blood flow decrease with aging. - After surgical resection, hepatic proliferation decreases. - Liver function tests (transa...
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Description and clinical picture: • This syndrome usually appears in the third trimester of pregnancy. • There are disturbances in liver fun...
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Definition and clinical table It is a microvesicular fatty infiltration of the liver, usually seen in the third trimester. • It is a disease...
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Description and clinical picture: • It is an intrahepatic type of cholestasis that is usually seen in the third trimester. • Itching is the ...
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Etiology Cirrhosis: HCC often develops against the background of cirrhosis. It is most common in hepatitis C cirrhosis. The cause of cirrhos...
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Epidemiology • Metastases are the most common cause of malignant masses seen in the liver. GIS (in the foreground) cancers metastasize to th...
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Pyogenic Abscesses • Localized pyogenic liver infections are the most common pyogenic liver infections caused by bacteria coming through the...
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First: Cirrhosis Definition Cirrhosis is a chronic syndrome characterized by liver parenchymal destruction, diffuse fibrosis, regeneration n...
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