Liver disease — Flashcards

Flashcard 461: What HLA subtype is associated with hemochromatosis? _____

Answer: A3

Flashcard 462: Which movement disorder presents as a sudden, brief, uncontrolled muscle contraction? _____

Answer: Myoclonus

Flashcard 463: Which liver lesion presents as a mass that is primarily treated pharmacologically (without routine drainage)?

Answer: Amoebic liver abscess (Entamoeba histolytica)

Extra: Amoebic liver abscesses are primarily treated with metronidazole followed by a luminal amebicide (e.g., paromomycin). Unlike pyogenic abscesses (which require drainage) or hydatid cysts (which often require PAIR or surgery), amoebic abscesses usually respond to medical therapy alone.

Flashcard 464: Leptospira interrogans classically results in reddening of the eyes _____ exudate

Answer: without (with or without)

Flashcard 465: Hepatic adenomas are subcapsular tumors and grow with exposure to _____

Answer: estrogen

Flashcard 466: Patients get chronically exposed to Vinyl Chloride if they manufacture _____

Answer: PVC

Flashcard 467: What GI disorder may be treated with deferasirox, deferoxamine, and oral deferiprone? _____

Answer: Hemochromatosis

Flashcard 468: What demographic is associated with Nasopharyngeal carcinoma that arises from EBV?_____

Answer: Asians

Flashcard 469: Platelet counts < _____/µL lead to increased bleeding after trauma or surgery

Answer: 50,000/µL (50 × 10⁹/L)

Flashcard 470: What parasitic infection is associated with portal hypertension? _____

Answer: Schistosomiasis