Diffuse Liver Pathology- Fatty Liver

Diffuse liver pathology, or diffuse hepatocellular disease affects the _______________ liver and ranges from simple _____________ changes to more severe _________________ and progressively to ________________.

Fatty liver is the collection of excessive amounts of ___________________ and other fats within the _________________.

The liver is the organ responsible for changing fats eaten in the diet to types of fat that can be _______________ and used by the body.

____________________ are one of the forms of fat stored by the body and used for _____________ and new ____________ formation.

The most common cause of fatty liver in the United States is ____________________.

Fatty liver caused by alcoholism is called ________________ _________________.

All other forms of fatty liver are called non-alcoholic __________________.

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_______________ is caused by conditions including malnutrition, obesity, diabetes melitus, Reye's syndrome in children, pregnancy, drug overdoses, glycogen storage disease or hepatitis.

Patients with fatty liver are usually ____________________.

Fatty liver can cause jaundice, right sided abdominal pain, abdominal swelling and fever.  This is common or rare?

_________________ with __________________ related fatty liver may experience nausea, vomiting, loss of appetite and abdominal pain.

Fatty LiverDuring physical exam, the liver may be _________________.

Fatty LiverBlood tests reveal elevated ______, ______ and ______

Fatty LiverDuring physical exam, you may be able to _____________ the liver

Fatty LiverSonographically, fatty infiltration reveals diffuse ______________ echogenicity of the liver parenchyma and ________________ acoustic penetration.

Fatty Liver- sono appearanceThere will also be decreased visualization of the ________________ vessel walls as the surrounding liver tissue becomes more echogenic.

Fatty Liver- sono appearance__________________ sound attenuation makes penetration of the posterior liver and visualization of the diaphragm difficult.

Fatty Liver- sono appearanceIt is important to compare the liver to the _______________ ______________, which will appear unusually more hypoechoic.

Fatty Liver- sono appearanceFat looks more ________________.

Fatty Liver- sono appearance_____________________ may also be present

Fatty Liver- sono appearanceAlthough the process is diffuse, fatty infiltration may also be focal resembling a _______________ mass.

________________ ________________ _________________ is defined as regions of increased echogenicity with a background of normal liver parenchyma.

________________ ________________ _________________ usually involves the periportal region, such as the ascending left portal vein, gallbladder region, and porta hepatis.

Fatty Liver- sono appearance_____________ _______________ ________________ is where there are areas of normal liver parenchyma that appear as hypoechoic masses within a fatty infiltrated liver.