Abscess,
liver
Description - a condition where
there is a pus-filled cavity in the liver secondary to a
bacterial infection
Acute
yellow atrophy, liver
Description - a severe usually
fatal disorder in which the liver degenerates and is reduced
in size as a result of toxic chemicals, infection, or other
agents
Adenocarcinoma,
fatty infiltrations, liver
Description - cancer of the liver
with abnormal accumulation of fat droplets in the cytoplasm
of cells
Adenocarcinoma,
gallbladder
Description - cancer originating
in the cells lining the gallbladder
Adenocarcinoma,
hepatic metastasis
Description - a malignant tumor
originating in glandular epithelium, metastastised to liver
Biliary
cirrhosis, liver
Description - cirrhosis of the liver
due to inflammation or obstruction of the bile ducts resulting
in the accumulation of bile in the liver
Biliary
obstruction, liver
Description - blockage of the bile
ducts that can occur as a result of stones, tumours, bile
duct inflammation, bile duct cysts, trauma, etc.
Carcinoid,
secondary, liver
Description - a cancer in the liver
metastasised as a result of one in the mucosa of the gastrointestinal
tract
Carcinoma,
secondary, liver
Description - a carcinoma that has metastasised in the liver as a result
of one elsewhere in the body
Cholecystitis,
chronic active, gallbladder
Description - inflammation of the
gallbladder that occurs most commonly because of obstruction
of the cystic duct
Fatty
degeneration, liver
Alternative Name - steatosis
Description - abnormal formation
of microscopically visible droplets of fat in the cytoplasm
of cells of the liver, as a result of injury
Gallbladder
Description - the pear-shaped organ
found below the liver that concentrates and stores bile
Hemangioma,
liver
Alternative Name - haemangioma
Description - a tangle of abnormal
vessels that forms an abnormal communication between the
arterial and venous systems, in this case of the liver
Hepatic
septic infarcts
Description - an area of necrosis
resulting from vascular obstruction due to emboli comprised
of clumps of bacteria or infected material, in this case
in the liver
Hepatoma
Description - a liver tumor (usually
malignant)
Inflammation,
chronic, gallbladder
Description - chronic inflammation
of the gallbladder
Liver
Description - the largest organ
in the body; carries out many important functions, e.g. making
bile, changing food into energy, and cleaning alcohol and
poisons from the blood
Liver
congestion, fatty degeneration, cloudy swelling
Description - swelling of liver
cells due to injury to the membranes leading to an an accumulation
of intracellular water; also abnormal formation of microscopically
visible droplets of fat in the cytoplasm of the cells
Liver,
cloudy swelling, dilation of capillaries
Description - swelling of liver
cells due to injury to the membranes leading to an an accumulation
of intracellular water; also showing capillaries dilating
Necrosis,
sub acute, liver
Description - dying tissue, showing characteristics between acute and chronic
Papillary
tumour, gallbladder
Description - a tumour shaped like
a small mushroom with its stem attached to the inner lining
of the gallbladder
Sarcoma,
secondary melanotic, liver
Description - a secondary cancer
in the liver that has metastasised as a result of one in
the supportive tissues such as bone, cartilage, fat or muscle
Syphilitic
cirrhosis, liver
Description - widespread disruption
of normal liver structure by syphilis
Tuberculosis,
miliary, liver
Description - acute tuberculosis
in which minute tubercles are formed in the liver by tubercle
bacilli usually spread by way of the blood
Tumour,
malignant, gallbladder
Description - a cancerous tumour
in the gallbladder
Venous
congestion, early, liver
Description - early signs of overfilling
and distention of the veins with blood as a result of mechanical
obstruction or heart problems
Venous
congestion, late chronic, liver
Description - extensive overfilling
and distention of the veins with blood as a result of mechanical
obstruction or heart problems
Weil's
disease, liver
Alternative Name - Spirochaetosi
Description - liver showing signs of infection by leptospira
with an illness whose symptoms include chills, fever, muscle pain, and
hepatitis
