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The liver and its diseases. Emyr Wyn Benbow University of Manchester. LIVER DISEASE. By the end of this talk, you should know about Normal anatomy and physiology of the liver Common diseases affecting the liver Viral hepatitis Causes of chronic hepatitis Alcoholic liver disease
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The liver and its diseases Emyr Wyn Benbow University of Manchester
LIVER DISEASE By the end of this talk, you should know about • Normal anatomy and physiology of the liver • Common diseases affecting the liver • Viral hepatitis • Causes of chronic hepatitis • Alcoholic liver disease • Causes of cirrhosis • Clinical consequences of liver disease
LIVER DISEASE NORMAL STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION • right upper quadrant of abdomen • 1200-1500g in adult • peritoneal covering • 4 anatomical lobes (right-left-caudate-quadrate)
LIVER DISEASE NORMAL STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION • 2 functional lobes (right-left) in 8 segments • related to afferent blood supply
LIVER DISEASE NORMAL STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION • hepatic artery from coeliac axis • portal vein from gut • venous outflow via hepatic veins to inferior vena cava
LIVER DISEASE Functional unit is the ACINUS
LIVER DISEASE NORMAL METABOLIC ACTIVITIES CARBOHYDRATES • forms and stores glycogen • released under hormonal control
LIVER DISEASE NORMAL METABOLIC ACTIVITIES PROTEINS • deamination of amino acids • formation of urea • synthesis of albumin, α-1-antitrypsin, clotting factors
LIVER DISEASE NORMAL METABOLIC ACTIVITIES LIPIDS • fatty acid oxidation • triglyceride and cholesterol synthesis • bile salt metabolism • cholesterol + amino acid • allow micelle formation in gut
LIVER DISEASE NORMAL METABOLIC ACTIVITIES VITAMINS • fat soluble vitamins require bile salts for absorption • A, D, K, B12 stored in the liver • vitamin K needed for hepatic production of prothrombin (factor II) • 25-hydroxylation of vitamin D takes place in liver
LIVER DISEASE NORMAL METABOLIC ACTIVITIES INACTIVATION OF HORMONES • oestrogens/steroids conjugated to glucuronic acid • may inactivate insulin and thyroxine
LIVER DISEASE NORMAL METABOLIC ACTIVITIES DRUG DETOXIFICATION • microsomal enzymes on endoplasmic reticulum (cytochrome p450 systems) • enzyme induction may occur
LIVER DISEASE NORMAL METABOLIC ACTIVITIES BILIARY EXCRETION • bilirubin is unconjugated (fat soluble) before liver cell membrane, transported across, conjugated to glucuronic acid (water soluble), secreted in bile • bile acids and cholesterol metabolism are important in gall stone formation
LIVER DISEASE HEPATITIS Inflammation of the liver Causes • viruses • alcohol • drugs • autoimmune disease
LIVER DISEASE VIRAL HEPATITIS Hepatitis A • infectious • epidemic • oral-faecal transmission • 2-6 weeks incubation period
LIVER DISEASE VIRAL HEPATITIS Hepatitis B • serum • sporadic • blood-borne orsexual transmission • 6 weeks to 6 months incubation period
LIVER DISEASE VIRAL HEPATITIS Hepatitis C • transfusion related • blood-borne transmission • 2 weeks to 6 months incubation period
LIVER DISEASE VIRAL HEPATITIS Hepatitis D • delta agent • needs hepatitis B for disease Hepatitis E • very similar to HAV Epstein-Barr Virus • infectious mononucleosis Cytomegalovirus • immunosuppressed patients
LIVER DISEASE VIRAL HEPATITIS • asymptomatic subclinical disease • acute clinical jaundice • acute massive necrosis (< 2%) • chronic hepatitis
LIVER DISEASE VIRAL HEPATITIS • chronic hepatitis > 6 months (especially hepatitis B and C) • grade of disease = portal and lobular inflammation, interface hepatitis • stage of disease = fibrosis (portal, bridging, nodules) and cirrhosis • may lead to cirrhosis and ultimately hepatocellular carcinoma
LIVER DISEASE ALCOHOL • 1 unit of alcohol = 10ml or 8g pure ethanol • equivalent to half pint of beer, glass of wine, half measure of spirits
LIVER DISEASE ALCOHOL • calculate by Beck’s: 275ml x 5.0%ABV = 1.375 units • recommended ‘safe’ limits: 14 units/week for women 21 units/week for men
LIVER DISEASE ALCOHOL • 1unit of alcohol = 10ml or 8g • calculate by white wine • 125ml x 12%ABV = 1.5 units • 175ml x 12%ABV = 2.1units • 250ml x 12%ABV = 3 units
LIVER DISEASE ALCOHOL • alcohol absorbed from upper small intestine, then via portal vein to liver • some metabolism in stomach by alcohol dehydrogenase • alcohol converted to acetaldehyde and excreted by conversion to carbon dioxide in citric acid cycle • cytochrome p4502E1 involved
LIVER DISEASE ALCOHOL • variations related to weight, gender and body fat • rate of metabolism variable • can be induced, tolerance increases • roughly equivalent to 1 unit per hour
LIVER DISEASE ALCOHOL • fatty change reversible • alcoholic hepatitis reversible Mallory’s hyaline • fibrosis reversible pericellular • cirrhosis irreversible
LIVER DISEASE ALCOHOLIC LIVER DISEASE • fatty change - reversible • alcoholic hepatitis - reversible - Mallory’s hyaline • pericellular fibrosis - reversible • cirrhosis - irreversible H&E Oil Red O
LIVER DISEASE ALCOHOLIC LIVER DISEASE • fatty change - reversible • alcoholic hepatitis - reversible Mallory’s hyaline • pericellular fibrosis - reversible • cirrhosis – irreversible Mallory’s hyaline
LIVER DISEASE ALCOHOLIC LIVER DISEASE • fatty change - reversible • alcoholic hepatitis - reversible Mallory’s hyaline • pericellular fibrosis - reversible • cirrhosis – irreversible
LIVER DISEASE ALCOHOLIC LIVER DISEASE • fatty change - reversible • alcoholic hepatitis - reversible Mallory’s hyaline • pericellular fibrosis - reversible • cirrhosis - irreversible
Alcohols: ethanol • llegal intoxication is 0.08 g/dL • 0.2 g/dL is drunk, 0.3 is smashed, 0.4 is out cold • lethal toxicity • > 0.4g/dL in alcohol naïve • > 0.5g/dL in anyone • but very variable
Alcohols: ethanol • but some have survived far higher levels than these potentially fatal values, up to 1.3g/dL • death due to respiratory depression • synergy with other respiratory depressants
Alcohols: ethanol Elimination • average elimination rate 0.015 g/dL/hr • from legal intoxication to undetectable takes about 5 hours • alcoholics may eliminate up to 0.05 g/dL/hr • post mortem production of alcohol up to 0.05g/dL
LIVER DISEASE NON-ALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER DISEASE (NAFLD) • fatty change • non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) • fibrosis • cirrhosis • changes identical to alcohol • associated with obesity, diabetes, hyperlipidaemia, some drugs
LIVER DISEASE CIRRHOSIS - disease of all of the liver with parenchymal nodules and surrounding fibrosis CAUSES • alcohol • viruses • metabolic diseases • autoimmune
LIVER DISEASE CIRRHOSIS - CAUSES • alcohol • viruses • especially HBV and HCV • metabolic diseases • autoimmune Orcein- HBsAg IHC-HBsAg
LIVER DISEASE CIRRHOSIS - CAUSES • alcohol • viruses • metabolic diseases • iron, copper, glycogen storage disease, lipid disorders, -1 antitrypsin deficiency • autoimmune Perls’ -1ATD, DPAS -1ATD,IHC
LIVER DISEASE CIRRHOSIS - CAUSES • alcohol • viruses • metabolic diseases • autoimmune • “lupoid”, young women: anti-nuclear and anti-smooth muscle antibodies • primary biliary cirrhosis: middle aged women, anti-mitochondrial antibodies AiCH
LIVER DISEASE CIRRHOSIS – EFFECTS Liver failure • protein synthesis: low albumin • coagulation factors: bleeding • jaundice • encephalopathy: confusion Portal hypertension Hepatocellular carcinoma
LIVER DISEASE Cirrhosis – effects Liver failure Portal hypertension • ascites • varices • splenomegaly Hepatocellular carcinoma
LIVER DISEASE CIRRHOSIS – EFFECTS LIVER FAILURE PORTAL HYPERTENSION HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA • very common carcinoma where HBV endemic (SE Asia, Africa) • very poor prognosis, about 6-9 months • Raised serum alpha-fetoprotein levels AFP HCC
LIVER DISEASE Summary Be aware of • drug metabolism • risks of viral hepatitis • bleeding tendency in chronic liver disease • increased risk of alcoholism in medical profession