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Portal vein

Low velocity continous flow toward liver with mild undulation

Portal triad

Mpv


Common hepatic duct


Hepatic proper artery

Hepatic blood flow

25% proper hepatic artery


75% portal vein

Hepatic o2

50% portal vein


50% proper hepatic artery

Portal vein diameter

13 mm

Hepatic veins

Hepatofugal-toward IVC


Triphasic -above and below the baseline



Above -atrial contraction blood goes back to the liver

Hepatic proper artery runs

Parallell to the main portal vein

Proper hepatic artery gives

Rt and lt hepatic arteries 55% of time

Sometimes the rt hepatic artery may come from

SMA


(Seen posterior to mpv and panc head)

Sometimes the lt hepatic artery may originate from

Lt gastric artery

Hepatic artery waveform

Low resistance

High resistance hepatic artery means

Organ rejection

Tardus parvus hepatic artery

Proximal stenosis

Ligamentum teres

Remnant of umbilical vein extending from umbilicus to lt portal vein

Falciform ligament

Peritoneal fold from passage of umbilical vein from umbilicus to lt portal vein

Hepatomegaly

Greater than 15.5 cm

If labs are normal

You do not have hepatomegaly

Echogenicity from hyper to hypo

Renal sinus


Pancreas


Spleen/liver


Renal cortex

Sonolucent

Anechoic

Granulomas

Calcification in spleen/liver

Cause of granulomas

Histoplasmosis


Tuberculosis

Hepatitis may result in

Elevated ALT,AST, bilirubin

Hep A

Fecal oral route

Hep b and c

Blood/body fluids

Acute hepatitis

Hypoechoic


Enlarged liver


Hyperechoic portal vein walls

Chronic hepatitis

Hyperechoic liver


Small liver

Most comon cause of liver pyogenic abscess

Biliary tract disease

What lobe is affected more from pyogenic abcesses

Rt lobe

Sono findings of pyogenic abcess

Complex mass


Gas


Reverb artifact

Clinical findings of abscess

Pain, fever , leukocytosis

3 types of liver abcess

Pyogenic-most common


Amebic


Fungal

Pyogenic vs amebic

If pt has traveled outside of US


Choose amebic

Fungal abscess

Candidiasis


Can have different appearances based on time


Wheel within a wheel-early most recognizable


Bulls eye


hypo


or hyper with calc

Treatment for echinocholal cysts

Leave it alone and monitor



Rupture or aspiration is associated with anaphylaxis shock

Echinochocal cysts

Hydatid disease

Echinochocal cysts

Hydatid disease

Schistosomiasis

Most common parasitic infections in humans

Schistosomiasis causes

Periportal fibrosis resulting in portal hypertension

Schistosomiasis us

Occluded intrahepatic portal veins


Thick portal vein walls



Signs of portal hypertension

Major cause of portal hypertension

Schistosomiasis

Most common cause of cirrhosis in western world

Hep c

Focal sparing

Happen next to GB-do not measure

Focal fatty infiltration

Happens at porta hepatis-hyperechoic areas

Glycogen storage disease

Accumulation of glycogen in liver

GSD is associated with

Fatty infiltration


Adenomas




Von gierkes disease

Cirrhosis

Diffuse process of fibrosis and distorted normal liver architecture

Causes of cirrhosis

Cirrhosis lab values

Increased


AST


ALT


GGT


LDH


conjugated bilirubin

Cirrhosis US

Hepatomegaly acute


Liver atrophy-chronic


Caudate enlargment


Surface nodularity


Fatty infiltration


Portal hypertension


risk of HCC


If pt has cirrhosis/hep c

Check liver well for HCC

Normal pressure in portal vein

5-10mmHg-higher than IVC

Most common cause of portal hypertension

Cirrhosis

Portal hypertension is

Asymptomatic

Portal hypertension presentation clinically

GI hemorrage



Spit blood or rectal bleeding

Secondary us sign of portal hypertension

Splenomegaly


ascites


Collaterals

Correction of portal hypertension

TIPS


portocaval shunts


Linton shunts


Warren shunts

Linton shunt

Splenorenal -normal to se hepatofugal

Warren shunt

Distal splenorenal shunt

Portal systemic varices

GE varices


Umbilical vein


Splenorenal


Intestinal


Rectal varices

Physical signs of collaterals

Caput medusa


Hemorroids


Ascites

TIPS

Trans jugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt

TIPS

Between a hepatic vein and a portal vein usually the rt

With TIPS

RPV and LPV should demonstrate hepatofugal flow




MPV hepatopedal?

TIPS MALFUNTION

Low shunt velocity


High focal shunt velocity


Absent shunt flow


Hepatofugal MPV


Hepatopedal RPV/LPV

Exception to the rule is when there is a recanalized umbilical vein

Flow in LPV can either be hepatofugal or hepatopedal-rely only in RPV

Material used for TIPS

PTFE -cant evaluate in the first 3-5 days (shadows)

Most common indication for adult liver transplant

Cirrhosis

Most common indication for liver transplant in kids

Biliary atresia

Postoperatively the hepatic artery

Provides the only blood supply to the biliary tree



Stenosis will cause biliary tree complications

Cavernous transformation

Worm like venous collaterals that parallel the chronically thrombosed portal vein




Typically seen with benign causes of portal vein thrombosis

Most common benign cause of portal vein thrombosis

Cirrhosis/hepatitis

Causes of portal vein thrombosis

Cancer-liver,mets,pancreas


Hypercoagulation


Splenectomy


Pancreatitis


Trauma


Cirrhosis

Portal vein thrombosis us

Thrombus in pv


Dilated pv


Cavernous transformation


Collaterals

Portal vein gas is

A medical emergency

Hemorragic liver cysts

Ruq pain


Decreasing hematocrit

Most common benign tumor of the liver

Cavernous hemangiomas

Cavernous hemangiomas

Usually hyperechoic (hypo if fatty liver)


Posterior enhancement


Color doppler does not usually show flow


May enlarge with estrogen

Hemangiomas

Multiple vessels

Focal nodular hyperplasia

Localized overgrowth of hepatocytes

FNH

Stealth lessions


Produces mass effect by displacing intrahepatic vessels

Hepatic adenomas associated with

Pills


GSD

Hepatic adenomas must be resected

Due to their risk of malignant transformation

Hepatic lipoma show

Speed artifact

Sound speed in tissue

1540

Sound speed in fat

1450m/s



Objects posterior to a fatty mass will be seen more posterior-slow return time

HCC

Most common primary malignancy of liver

HCC

Single mass or diffuse growth thats hard to see

HCC lab values

Increased


AFP


AST


ALT

Hepatoblastoma

Malignant kids

Hepatoblastoma usually

Before 2 y/old

Infantile hemangioendothelioma

Benign tumor in neonatals


May undergo regression

Hepatoma

HCC

When is AFP elevated

HCC/HEPATOMA


LIVER METS


HEPATOBLASTOMA


germ cell tumors-testis and ovaries

IRN

Calculated from PT

Normal IRN in absence of blood thinners

0.8-1.2

PT normal range

12-13 seconds

Gallblader is located at

Inferior end of main lobar fissure

Porta hepatis

Proper hepatic artery


Main portal vein


Common hepatic duct

Cystic artery comes off from

Rt hepatic artery

Valves of Heister

Spiral fold in prox cystic duct

Hartman pouch

Diverticulum of the neck

Phrygian cap

Fold between body and fundus

Junctional fold

Between neck and body

Cbd passes

Posterior to first part of duodenum and pancreatic head to join the panc duct at ampulla of vater

Most common cause of gb wall thickening

Cholecystitis

We cannot eval cholecystitis in presence of

Ascites

Causes of GB wall thickening

Cholecystitis


Ascites


Congestive


Heart failure


Pancreatitis


Hepatitis


Hypoalbuminemia


Causes of jaundice

Pre hepatic


Hepatic


Post hepatic

Pre heaptic jaundice

To much hemolysis


Excessive RBC break down -to much bilirubin to be processed by liver



unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia

Hepatic jaundice

Liver disease that impedes liver to conjugate bilirubin

Post hepatic jaundice

Obstruction of biliary tree



Causing conjugated bilirubinemia

Conjugated hyperbilirubinemia or biliary obstruction

Pale stool


Dark urine

Biliary obstruction

Choledocholethiasis


Mirizzi syndrome


Choledocal cysts


Caroli disease


Biliary atresia


Cholangitis


Pancreatic cancer


GB cancer

Sludge

Echogenic material


Nonshadowing


Layers


Shifts with change in position

Sludge is

Calcium +cholesterol

Sludge causes

Bile stasis


TPN or fasting


Hemolysis


Cholecytitis


Cystic duct obstruction


Tumefactive sludge

Thick sludge that may mimic a GB mass

Cholelithiasis

Mobile


Shadowing


Strongly echogenic

Gallstones are composed of

Cholesterol


Calcium

Cystic duct obstruction may result in

Acute cholecystitis


Empyema


GB perforation


Abcess


Bile peritonitis

GB filled with stones

WES sign-wall echo shadow

Murphy sign

Acute cholecystitis

Acute cholecystitis

GB inflamation due to a stone in cystic duct

Acute cholecystitis clinical signs

RUQ pain/murphy sign


Fever


Leukocytosis

Acute cholecystitis US

Gallstones


Sludge


Wall thickening-diffuse


Gb dilatation


Pericholecystic fluid


Acute cholecystitis

Chronic cholecystitis

Does not look different from acute


Clinicak diagnosis if its repetitive

Emphysematous cholecystitis

Acute cholecystitis due to wall ischemia and infection

Emphysematous cholecystitis

Common in diabetic pt-narrow of cystic artery

Emphysematous cholecystitis

High perforation rate-emergency

Emphysematous cholecystitis

Gas in gb wall/lumen/biliary tree



Ring down artifact


Dirty shadow


Champagne sign

Emphyema of GB

Acute cholecystitis (cystic duct obstruction) in presence of bile with bacteria



Pus in gb

GB perforation

Rare


If u dont see the GB


Fluid in fossa

Acalculous cholecystitis

Usually in hospitalized pt after surgery

Milk of calcium bile

Sludge with a high concentration of of calcium

Milk of calcium bile

Limy bile


Shadows

Porcelain GB

Calcifications of GB wall associated with chronic cholecystitis

Porcelain GB

Assoc with cancer

Hydrops

Impacted stone in neck/cystic duct

GB polyps are cancerous if

More than 10 mm in diameter

Cholesterolosis

lipids deposit in GB wall


Cholesterolosis

Strawberry GB

Cholesterolosis

Silent


Or colicky abd pain

GB carcinoma

Less than 50% are discovered before surgery;most post surgery

Adenomyomatosis

Hyperplastic changes of gb wall



Thickening and diverticula

Adenomyomatosis

Diverticula in gb wall accumulate stones/sludge within them giving comet tail artifact

Biliary obstruction causes

Gallstones


Pancreatic head cancer

Biliary obstruction is considered clinically

When pt presents with jaunice

Lab values for biliary obstruction

Elevated


ALP


CONJUGATED BILIRUBIN


GGT

When distal CBD is obstructed

Extrahepatic and intrahepatic ducts dilate too

CBD commonly measured

When the rt hepatic artery courses between common hepatic duct and the MPV

Dilated CBD

More or equal to 8mm

CBD Upper limit in eldery pt

10 mm

Rate of increase of CBD

One mm per decade

Post cholecystectomy CBD upper limit

10 mm

Shotgun sign/paralel chanel sign

Dilated intrahepatic ducts

Causes of intrahepatic ducts only

Cholangiocarcinoma


Caroli disease


Pyogenic cholangitis


Intrahepatic choledocholithiasis

Cholecystokinin

Causes GB contraction

Administer a fatty meal with +results

Duct increase in size (they should decrease because they will release the bile)

Administer fatty meal -results

Unchanged or decrease in size -happens normally

The part of biliary tree that dilates depend on

Level of obstruction

Distal CBD obstruction

Every thing dilates including GB

Common hepatic duct obstruction

Common hepatic duct dilated


intrahepatic ducts dilated


GB will be contracted-no bile

Junction of rt and lt hepatic ducts obstruction

Intrahepatic ducts dilatation


GB contracted

Choledocholithiasis

Most common cause of extrahepatic obstructive jaundice

Choledocholithiasis

Jaundice


RUQ pain

Lab for choledocholithiasis

Elevated


ALP


GGT


conjugated bilirubin

Mirizzi syndrome

Stone in cystic duct


Causes compression of common hepatic duct

Mirizzi syndrome US

Intrahepatic ducts dilated


Stone in cystic duct


Compressed CHD

Cholangiocarcinoma

Bile duct cancer

Precursor of cholangiocarcinoma

Primary sclerosing cholangitis

Most common finding of cholangiocarcinoma

Intrahepatic ducts dilatation

Cholangiocarcinoma

Originate in extrahepatic bile ducts


(CHD/CBD)

Klatsin tumor

Originates at junction of rt and lt hepatic duct



Results in intrahepatic ducts dilatation only

Cholangitis

Inflamation of biliary tree

Cholangitis

Bile duct wall thickening

Charcot triad of cholangitis

RUQ pain


Fever


Jaundice

Most common cause of cholangitis

Choledocholithiasis

Other causes of cholangitis

ERCP


obstructive tumors( pancreatic,ampullary,cholangiocarcinoma)

Cholangitis may result in

Cirrhosis


Portal hypertension


Sepsis

Biliary atresia

Absence of extrahepatic ducts


Have GB

Extrahepatic ducts

CHD


CBD

Biliary atresia is suspected when

Jaundice (hyperbilirubinema) persists beyond 14 days of age

Biliary atresia US

Triangular cord sign


Anterior to portal vein

Biliary atresia associated with

Polysplenia

Treatment for biliary atresia

Kasai portoenterostomy (KPE)


liver transplant also considered

Pneumobilia

Air in biliary tree

Causes of pneumobilia

ERCP-most common


Emphysematous cholecystitis


Surgery

Choledocal cyst

Congenial


Cystic dilatation of extrahepatic ducts


CBD dilatation is most common

Choledochal cyst US

2 cystic structures-Gb and dilated CBD


Intrahepatic duct dilatation

Choledochal cyst

Common in asia


Before 10 symptoms

Caroli disease

Similar to choledochal cyst


Type 5 choledochal cysts

Caroli disease

Affects intrahepatic bile ducts

Caroli disease

Sludge and stones may accumulate in the dilated parts

Most common malignant neoplasm that cause biliary obstruction

Pancreatic adenocarcinoma

Courvoisier GB

Distended non diseased GB due to mechanical obstruction of CBD

Double duct sign

Dilated CBD and pancreatic duct




From adenocarcinoma


Ca or stone in ampulla of vater

Primary sclerosing cholangitis

Inflamation and fibrosis of intra and extrahepatic bile ducts




Like cirrosis

Primary sclerosing cholangitis assoc

HCC


cholangiocarcinoma


Colorectal cancer


Inflammatory bowel disease

Primary biliary cholangitis

Same as cirrhosis- autoimmune

Hallmark for primary biliary cholangitis

antimitochondrial antibodies

Bilirubin

End product of hemoglobin break down ( spleen)

Bilirubin is conjugated by

Liver

Bilirubin conjugation

Liver removes albumin from bilirubin making it soluble

Conjugated bilirubin is

Water soluble and can be filtered by kidneys if there is excess



Bilirubin in urine means

Conjugated hyperbilirubinemia


(Bile flow obstruction)

ALP

Alkaline phosphatase found in bile ducts-bone liver placenta


Increases with every bile duct obstruction

Panc head is

Anterior to IVC

Panc head is

Medial to duodenum

CBD is

Postero lateral to head of panc

GDA is

Antero lateral to panc head

SMA SMV are

Posterior to the neck of panc


Anterior to uncinate procces

Panc tail is

Ant and medial to splenic hilum

Duodenum has 4 portions

1 and 3 trv


2 and 4 sag

Panc duct can be dilated from

Stone in panc duct from chronic pancreatitis



Stone in ampulla of vater

3 ducts drain in

Second portion of duodenum

Cystic fibrosis

Causes thick secretions

Cystic fibrosis

Pancreatic issues


meconium ileus-no first stool: too thick

Most common cause of hyperechoic pancreas in kids

Cystic fibrosis

Pancreatic true cysts

Are rare


Chronic pancreatitis

Alcohol


Cystic fibrosis


Autoimmune


Hereditary


Trauma

Chronic pancreatitis US

Small echogenic gland


Dilated panc duct with calc


Dilated bile duct


Pseudocysts


Portal vein thrombosis

Acute pancreatitis US

Enlarged


Hypoechoic gland

Acute pancreatitis directions

Resolve


Pseudocyst


Chronic

Complications of acute pancreatitis

Pseudocysts


Thrombosis


Hemorrage


Abscess


Pseudoaneyrism


Panc necrosis

When dealing with pancreatitis check

Vessels for thrombosis

Pancreatic phlegmon

Focal pancreatitis



Compl of acute pancreatitis

Most common cause of acute pancreatitis

Gallstones


Alcohol

Lipase

Later longer

Amylase

First to rise


First to go down

Islet cell tumors

Endocrine tumors

Islet cell tumor are associated with

MEN


VHL

Islet cell tumors

Insulinoma


Gastrinoma


Glucagonoma


Vipoma etc

Insulinomas

Most common islet cell tumor


Insulinomas

Usually benign

Insulinomas

Hypogycemia


Hyperinsulinemia

Gastrinomas

Usually malignant

Gastrinomas

2nd most common

Pancreatic islet cell tumor usually located

Body/tail


Except insulinomas/gastrinomas

MEN

Inhereted endocrine disorder that affects


Thyroid


Parathyroid


Pancreas islet cells


Adrenals

MEN

Multiple endocrine neoplasia

Pancreatic serous cystadenoma

Benign


Assoc with VHL


May be echogenic mass if small cysts

Mucinous cystic neoplasms

Most common cystic mass of pancreas




Malignant -in body/tail


Elevated CEA and CA 19 -9

Pancreatic divisum results in

Pancreatitis


Smaller santorini duct drainig the pancreas -not enough

Most common cause of panc pseudocysts in kids is

Trauma-check for bruises child abuse

Pancreas is located in

Anterior pararenal space

Panc pseudocysts contain

Amylase lipase trypsin

Pseudocyst are more common in

Lesser sac


Tail

Pancreatic adenocarcinoma labs

Lipase


Amylase


GGT


alkaline phosphatase


Conjugated bilirubin

Adrenal gland is

Superomedial to kidney

Liver is superolateral to

Rt kidney

Spleen is

Superior to lt kidney

Pancreatic tail is anterior to

Lt kidney upper pole

Diaphragm is

Posterior to kidneys

Psoas/quadratus lumborus muscle are

Posterior to kidneys

Order at the hilum of kidney

Vein-ant


Artery


Ureter -post

Renal cortex

Normal 1 or more than 1 cm

Renal artery

Main renal artery


Segmental


Interlobar


Arcuate


Interlobular

Renal artery that runs parallel to renal capsule

Arcuate artery

Horshoe kidneys are found lower in abdomen because

IMA prevents them from ascending

Most common fusion anomaly

Horseshoe kidney

In cross fused kidneys

One ureter crosses the midline to implant into the right position in bladder

Dromedary hump

Chortical thickening in lt kidney lateral aspect

Junctional parenchymal defect

Upper pole of rt kidney

Duplex kidney

Duplication of collecting system




Complete


Incomplete

Complete duplex kidney

2 ureters

Incomplete duplex kidney

One ureter

Complete duplex kidney results in

Hydroureter


Hydronephrosis of upper pole

Abcess vs hemorragic cyst

Presence of air in abscess




Aspiration if no air present

ADPKD

Multiple renal cysts (20-30y/o)

ADPKD associated with

Cysts in other organs


Arterial aneurysms-berry

ARPKD

echogenic enlarged kidneys


Most common cause of abdominal mass in newborn

Multicustic dysplastic kindeys

MDK

Usually unilateral


The other kidney works harder


Multiple cysts

Nephrocalcinosis

Calcium salt depostits in renal parenchyma

Most common cause of nephrocalcinosis

Primary hyperparathyroidism

Papillary necrosis

Necrosis of papilla and renal pyramids

Tuberous sclerosis is asocc with

Renal cysts


Angiomyolypoma -bilateral

Von hippel lindau disease is assoc with

Kidneys


Adrenal


Pancreas tumors/cysts

Most common presenting symptom of RCC

Hematuria

RCC

Adenocarcinoma


Hypernephroma

Renal oncocytoma

Usually benign

Most common childhood renal tumor

Wilm (3 years)

Is associated with beckwith weidemann syndrome

Wilms tumor

Most common renal tumor in neonates

Mesoblastic nephroma



Can be begnin and malignant

Acute pyelonephritis

Bacterial invasion of renal parenchyma

Acute pyelonephritis

Large hypoechoic kidneys with no sinus echos

Focal acute pyelonephritis

Lobar nephronia


Acute focal bacterial nephritis

Ephysemateous pyelonephritis

Bacterial infection that causes renal ischemia-needs surgery to remove the kidney




DM


Reverb

Chronic pyelonephritis

Small echogenic kidneys

Xgpn pyelonephritis

Type of chronic pyelonephritis usually from staghorn calculi

Pyonephrosis

Pus in dilated renal collecting system

Myectoma

Fungal ball -candidasis

Myectoma vs angiomyolipoma

If they have infection pick myectoma


If tuberous sclerosis pick angiomyolipoma