GI DDx Flashcards
(108 cards)
Hypo-attenuating Liver
Fatty liver / hepatic steatosis
Hepatic amyloid
Hyper-attenuating Liver
Absolute attenuation > 75HU on non-con.
Iron overload.
- primary haemochromatosis: liver and pancreas
- secondary haemochromotosis: Liver and spleen.
Medications - amiodarone, gold, methotrexate.
- check lung bases for ILD.
Wilsons disease (Copper)
Glycogen excess.
Thoratrast
Multiple tiny hypo-attenuating hepatic lesions:
Candidiasis: immunocompromised. Mets. Lymphoma Biliary hamartomas. Caroli Disease. Sarcoidosis - check spleen for same.
Hypervascular hepatic Mets:
Neuroendocrine tumours: pancreatic neuroendocrine and carcinoid. RCC Thyroid carcinoma Melanoma Sarcoma
Hepatic Capsular retraction:
Metastatic tumor (commonly post Tx) Fibrolamellar HCC HCC (rare) Epitheloid haemangioendothelioma Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma Confluent hepatic fibrosis
Pancreatic Mass without ductal dilation:
Autoimmune pancreatitis Groove pancreatitis Cystic pancreatic tumour Neuroendocrine tumour GIST Peri-pancreatic lymph node Pancreatic Mets: RCC, thyroid, melanoma. Lymphoma
Cystic Pancreatic Neoplasm:
Serous cystadenoma: Senile Grandmother, hypervascular, no duct dilation or tail atrophy, central stellate Ca++. (seen in VHL)
Mucinous cystic neoplasm: mother, benign with malignant potential, single / few large cysts, commonly body / tail, capsule.
Solid Papillary Epithelial Neoplasm (SPEN): daughter, low malignant potential, heterogenous solid cystic mass, haemorrhage, capsule.
Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasm (IPMN): grandfather, variable - can be malignant, main duct or side branch.
Pancreatic neuroEndocrine neoplasm: commonly central necrosis and Ca++, hypervascular. Hypervascular liver mass with associated pancreatic mass most likely metastatic pancreatic endocrine neoplasm. (Seen in VHL)
Hepatic lesion with a scar:
Focal nodular hyperplasia Fibrolamellar HCC: wild looking, T2 hypointense scar. Cholangiocarcinoma Haemangioma HCC
Liver lesion with a capsule:
Adenoma
HCC
Cystadenoma / cystadenocarcinoma.
Liver lesion with central calcification:
Metastases (especially in colorectal tumors - mucinous)
Fibrolamellar carcinoma (FLC) - wild and large
Cholangiocarcinomas
Hemangiomas
Liver lesion containing fat:
Adenoma HCC Metastatic liposarcoma Angiomyolipoma Glissons capsule lipoma / pseudo lipoma
Consider Dropped gall stone.
Liver lesion containing blood / haemorrhage
Adenoma
HCC
Cystic liver lesion:
Simple cyst Traumatic cyst Bilioma Caroli's disease Cystic Mets Abscesses Hydatid disease Biliary cystadenoma
Hypervascular liver lesion:
Benign:
Focal nodular hyperplasia
Adenoma
Haemangioma (looks like fire on PV, peripheral discontinuous nodular enhancement)
Aggressive:
HCC
Hypervascular Mets: RCC, thyroid, melanoma, neuroendocrine, breast, sarcomas.
Common causes liver capsule retraction:
Cholangiocarcinoma
Mets - commonly treated breast.
Focal atrophy due to biliary or venous obstruction.
Stomach Rams Horn Deformity:
Scarring from peptic ulcer disease.
Granulomatous disease: Crohns, sarcoid, TB, Syphillis.
Scirrhous Carcinoma.
Dilated oesophagus:
Achalasia
Pseudoachalsia
Scleroderma.
Liver mass with capsule retraction
Focal confluent fibrosis Peripheral cholangiocarcinoma Mets / lymphoma. HCC Epithelioid haemangioendothelioma
Fat containing liver mass
Steatosis (normal traversing vessels) Pericaval fat deposition HCC (small foci) Hepatic adenoma Hepatic Mets Hepatic angiomyolipoma (TS, renal AMLs) Alcohol ablated liver tumour Teratoma Liposarcoma
Mosaic / patchy hepatogram:
Passive hepatic congestion Hepatitis Cirrhosis Steatosis Budd Chiari syndrome Hereditary Haemorrhagic Telangiectasia Congenital Hepatic Fibrosis Hepatic sarcoidosis
Hepatic Ca++:
Calcified granuloma (histoplasmosis > Tb)
Hepatic Mets (mucinous colon, breast, ovary, stomach)
Arterial Ca++
Ethiodol treated lesions
Cavernous Haemangioma
Hydatid cyst
Fibrolamellar HCC
Dysmorphic Liver with abnormal Bile Ducts:
PSC Cholangiocarcinoma Cholangitis AIDS cholangiopathy Fibropolycystic liver disease (Caroli disease)
T1 hyperintense Liver lesions:
Steatosis Hepatic adenoma HCC Haemorrhagic hepatic cyst Dysplastic and regenerative nodules Liver haematoma Hepatic Mets Pyogenic abscess Focal nodular hyperplasia Hepatic angiomyolipoma Peliosis
Liver lesion with capsule / Halo:
Hepatic Mets Pyogenic abscess HCC Haematoma Adenoma Hydatid cyst Amebic abscess Focal nodular hyperplasia