Liver disease — Flashcards

Cirrhosis = _____ total T3/T4 and _____ free T3/T4 and TSH

_____ = female-appearing child with masculinization at puberty, bilateral undescended testes, and no breasts

Hint: 5a-reductase deficiency/Complete androgen insensitivity

Difference in features between Wernicke's encephalopathy and Korsakoff syndrome? Wernicke's → _____ Korsakoff → _____

Meltzer's triad (purpura, arthralgia, and fatigue) with increased serum concentration of polyclonal IgG and IgM is highly suggestive of _____

Treatment of β-thalassemia major involves chronic _____, which increases risk for secondary hemochromatosis

Hepatitis B is acquired via _____

Hint: mechanism

Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) primarily infects the _____, liver, and B cells

All patients with cirrhosis should be regularly screened for major complications, in particular, _____ and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)

In new-onset ascites, paracentesis with _____ should be performed to rule out spontaneous bacterial peritonitis

Cirrhosis and emphysema is most likely _____

Hint: condition