Most Common's Flashcards
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Most common glycogen storage disease
Type 1 / Von Gierke Disease
Most common cause of intrahepatic portal hypertension
Cirrhosis
Most common collateral pathways
Coronary, esophageal, and gastric veins
Simple hepatic cyst: Men or Women?
Women
Peribiliary cysts are most common in what type of patients?
Those with severe liver disease
Most common patients to suffer from chronic granulomatous disease
Children, specifically girls
Most common organism causing opportunistic infection in patients with AIDS
Pneumocystis carinii
Most common complications of biliary tract disease, surgery, or trauma
Abscesses
In what area are echinococcal cysts common in?
Sheep-herding area
Most common benign tumor of the liver
Cavernous hemangioma
Cavernous hemangioma: Men or Women?
Women
Liver cell adenoma: Men or Women?
Women
Second most common benign liver mass?
Focal nodular hyperplasia
Most common primary malignant neoplasm
Hepatocellular carcinoma
Hepatocellular carcinoma: Men or Women?
Men
Most common form of neoplastic involvement of the liver
Metastatic disease
Reidel lobe: Men or Women?
Women
Most common liver disorder in the western world
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
Most common cause of chronic liver disease
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
Most common cause of cirrhosis
Alcoholism
Most common sonographically identifiable collateral in portal hypertension
Patent umbilical vein / Recanilization of paraumbilical vein
Most common treatment for portal hypertension
Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt (TIPS)
Most common cause of portal vein compression
Tumors from adjacent organs or lymphadenopathy
Most common location of a cavernous hemangioma
Right lobe of liver