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Assessment of Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH) Severity in Patients With Nonalcoholic Fatty
#Diagnosis #Pathology #NAFLD #NASH #Fibrosis #Staging
Assessment of Nonalcoholic ... Patients With Nonalcoholic ... Fatty #Diagnosis
Histologic Features and Prevalence of Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH). NASH is a potentially progressive type of nonalcoholic
Prevalence of Nonalcoholic ... progressive type of nonalcoholic ... fatty liver disease ... features of NASH in liver-biopsy ... cirrhosis, and primary liver
Common Etiologies of Cirrhosis

Inflammation

 - Hepatitis B (15 percent)

 - Hepatitis C (47 percent)

 - Schistosomiasis
Hemochromatosis - Nonalcoholic ... fatty liver disease
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease algorithm.
 
For those patients with NAFLD or liver disease of unknown aetiology,
Non-alcoholic fatty ... liver disease algorithm ... with NAFLD or liver ... non-alcoholic fatty ... #NonAlcoholic #FattyLiver
Acute Fatty Liver of Pregnancy (AFLP)
Pathophysiology:
 • Defect in fetal free fatty acid metabolism products →
Acute Fatty Liver ... hepatocytes → Liver ... malaise) → Acute liver ... Transfer to a liver ... #Liver #Pregnancy
Pathogenesis of Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis. Various factors, including inflammation, hyperinsulinemia or insulin resistance, and altered lipid homeostasis,
Pathogenesis of Nonalcoholic ... to develop in fatty
Thrombocytopenia and Pregnancy - TTP/HUS, HELLP Syndrome and Acute Fatty Liver of Pregnancy (AFLP)
Three syndromes in
Syndrome and Acute Fatty ... Liver of Pregnancy ... Hemolysis, Elevated Liver ... plasma exchange 3) Fatty ... liver of pregnancy
Lipoprotein Metabolism

Enterocytes release absorbed lipids the form of triglyceride-rich chylomicrons. These are acted upon by endothelial
cells producing fatty ... transported to liver ... The liver uses this ... supply tissues with fatty ... return to the liver
NAFLD Diagnosis Algorithm
Two-step diagnostic strategy for NAFLD
1st step: 
  - Clinical biomarkers, scoring systems- FIB4,
inspection of liver ... elastography #NonAlcoholic ... #Fatty #Liver #
Liver Disease in Pregnancy
Intrahepatic Cholestasis of Pregnancy (ICP)
 • Onset/Trimester: 25-32 weeks
 • Typical clinical features:
Liver Disease in ... Hemolysis, Elevated Liver ... hemorrhage Acute Fatty ... Liver of Pregnancy ... Hepatic imaging: Fatty