GASTROENTEROLOGY

Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

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Insulin resistance Alcohol Medications (corticosteroids, amiodarone, tamoxifen, methotrexate, anti-retrovirals, valproic acid) Starvation Total parenteral nutrition Wilson Disease Hepatitis C virus infection (genotype 3) Lipodystrophy Organic solvents Abetalipoproteinemia Acute fatty liver…

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Hepatopulmonary Syndrome

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© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017Kia Saeian and Reza Shaker (eds.)Liver Disordershttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-30103-7_33 33. Hepatopulmonary Syndrome Rahul Sudhir Nanchal1   and Tessa Damm2 (1) Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA (2) Department of…

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Do I Need a Liver Biopsy?

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Benign  Cysts (e.g., simple cyst, biliary cyst, ciliated foregut cyst, hydatid disease)  Adenoma (e.g., hepatic adenoma, biliary adenoma, biliary cyst adenoma)  Biliary hamartoma  Focal nodular hyperplasia  Hemangioma  Rare primary liver…

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Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis (SBP)

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© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017Kia Saeian and Reza Shaker (eds.)Liver Disordershttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-30103-7_31 31. Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis (SBP) Adam J. Schiro1   (1) Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, 9200 W. Wisconsin Ave,…

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Hepatorenal Syndrome

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© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017Kia Saeian and Reza Shaker (eds.)Liver Disordershttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-30103-7_32 32. Hepatorenal Syndrome Michael M. Yeboah1   (1) Division of Nephrology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA     Michael M. Yeboah Email: mmyeboah@mcw.edu KeywordsHepatorenal syndromeKidney failureCirrhosisLiver…

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Ascites

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© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017Kia Saeian and Reza Shaker (eds.)Liver Disordershttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-30103-7_30 30. Ascites Adam J. Schiro1   (1) Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, 9200 W. Wisconsin Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA…

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Portosystemic Encephalopathy

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Type Grade Time course Spontaneous or precipitated A MHE Covert Episodic Spontaneous 1 B 2 Overt Recurrent Precipitated C 3 4 Persistent What Are the Symptoms of Hepatic Encephalopathy? Patient-Level…

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Malignant Liver Lesions

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Fig. 6.1 Relative frequency of primary liver masses. Adapted from: Goodman ZD. Neoplasms of the liver. Mod Pathol 2007 Feb;20 Suppl 1:S49–60 Table 6.1 Annual incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma in…

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