Liver disease — Flashcards

Flashcard 21: Babesiosis has a worse presentation in _____ patients, which commonly results from sickle cell disease

Answer: asplenic

Flashcard 22: The acute phase of HCV infection is marked by a rise and fall of _____ in 6 months

Answer: ALT

Flashcard 23: Minimal change disease has a(n) excellent response to _____

Answer: corticosteroids

Extra: Atlas:

Flashcard 24: Common sites of metastasis from lung cancer include the _____, brain, bone, and liver

Answer: adrenal gland

Flashcard 25: What is the most common reversible cause of sideroblastic anemia? _____

Answer: Alcoholism

Extra: Other:

Flashcard 26: _____ syndrome is a complication of portal hypertension characterized by rapidly developing renal failure, secondary to cirrhosis

Answer: Hepatorenal

Flashcard 27: Dissemination of Histoplasmosis to the liver and spleen occurs in _____ patients

Answer: immunocompromised

Flashcard 28: In Weil's disease, Leptospira interrogans travels through the blood, causing dysfunction in the _____ and liver

Answer: kidneys

Flashcard 29: What demographic is classically affected by primary biliary cholangitis (PBC)? _____

Answer: Middle-aged women (~ 40 y.o)

Extra: Atlas:

Flashcard 30: Alcoholic hepatitis is characterized by elevated liver enzymes with ALT _____ AST

Answer: <