Liver and bile ducts
Figure 4.1 Arterial phase CT showing a peripherally arterialised tumour in the right lobe of the liver in an infant. There is evidence of centripetal enhancement and a hyperplastic feeding…
PEDIATRICS
Chronic pancreatitis
Figure 15.1 Trypsin encoded by the PRSS1 gene. (From Emw [own work], CC BY-SA 3.0 [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0] or GFDL [http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html], via Wikimedia Commons.) The first causative genetic mutation (protein serine 1…
Cadaveric donor hepatectomy and retrieval
Figure 34.1 Trends in organ donors in the United Kingdom, 2000–2010. There are now more live donors in the United Kingdom, most of whom give a single kidney, although around…
Congenital anomalies of liver vasculature
Figure 22.1 Presenting symptoms in children with CPSSs. Bernard et al. reviewed the world’s literature and summarised the presenting symptoms in 265 children with CPSSs. They found that 27 (10%)…
Pancreatic trauma
Figure 27.1 Pseuodcyst. Handlebar trauma. It was treated conservatively, but the patient developed vomiting and a substantial pseudocyst with fracture of the body of the pancreas. BOX 27.1 Definitions after…
Liver physiology
Figure 3.1 Breakdown of haem moiety via biliverdin to bilirubin. Figure 3.2 Overview of excretion of bilirubin and its metabolism. It is the main by-product (via biliverdin) from the oxidation…
Immunology and immunosuppression in liver transplantation
Figure 30.1 Intracellular events following interaction of the APC with the naive T cell. The antigenic peptide fragment is loaded on the MHC II complex on the APC. Interaction with…
Surgery of metabolic liver disease and disorders of biliary transport
Figure 13.1 Diagram of mechanisms of bile flow. Cartoon depiction of hepatocyte couplet with vectorial flow of bile from sinusoidal blood to bile canaliculus via basolateral and canalicular transporters. (Reproduced…
