Fatty Liver Disease, a Silent Killer of Human Beings
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Fatty Liver Disease, a Silent Killer of Human Beings Fatty Liver Disease, a Silent Killer of Human Beings By Ashis Kumar Saha Fatty Liver Disease, a Silent Killer of Human Beings By Ashis Kumar Saha This book first published 2020 Cambridge Scholars Publishing Lady Stephenson Library, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE6 2PA, UK British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Copyright © 2020 by Ashis Kumar Saha All rights for this book reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the copyright owner. ISBN (10): 1-5275-4257-2 ISBN (13): 978-1-5275-4257-0 TABLE OF CONTENTS Preface ....................................................................................................... vi Chapter 1 .................................................................................................... 1 Anatomy and physiology of the liver Chapter 2 .................................................................................................. 45 Liver function tests Chapter 3 .................................................................................................. 71 Ultrasonography of the liver Chapter 4 .................................................................................................. 79 Endoscopic ultrasound of the liver Chapter 5 .................................................................................................. 83 Fibroscan of the liver Chapter 6 .................................................................................................. 85 Alcohol and the liver Chapter 7 ................................................................................................ 128 Lipid metabolism and the role of the liver Chapter 8 ................................................................................................ 151 Etiopathogenesis of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease Chapter 9 ................................................................................................ 178 Clinical spectrum and diagnosis of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease Chapter 10 .............................................................................................. 196 Management of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease PREFACE A large number of people are now suffering from type 2 diabetes mellitus. Due to the development of cooking, more and more high calorific foods are developing consisting of enormous amounts of saturated fat and other constituents. As a result a large percentage of people are now suffering from metabolic syndrome. The patient becomes obese, may develop diabetes and in some cases hypertension. All the factors interact with each other and ultimately lead to fatty liver disease. Most people neglect the early stage of fatty liver disease and continue their unrestricted lifestyle. As a result the disease silently progresses to steatohepatitis. At this stage the patient may develop symptoms which are the warning signs and will need to go to their doctor for treatment. But asymptomatic individuals with steatohepatitis ultimately develop fibrosis which may ultimately develop cirrhosis. So, treatment of metabolic syndrome, diabetes, and hypertension will allow the recovery of patients suffering from fatty liver disease. Again, the patients with fatty liver disease may die from cardiovascular disease which also can be taken care of. This book will open all the doors of fatty liver disease – how it develops, what should be the line of investigations and management. The case of alcohol intake of long duration is similar. The target audiences are of different types: A. Postgraduate students B. Practitioners C. Common people Key words are the following: Diabetes mellitus, metabolic syndrome, hyperlipidemia, alcohol intake of long duration, fatty liver, steatohepatitis, hepatic fibrosis, diagnosis and management. Two books: Sole author A. Clinical Methods and Interpretation B. Manual of Clinical Medicine Fatty Liver Disease, a Silent Killer of Human Beings vii One monograph: Updates of Dengue Fever Two monographs are edited: A. Headache B. Chronic diarrhea Articles: A. 38 original articles in different national and international journals. B. 2 review articles in national journals. CHAPTER 1 ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF THE LIVER Morphologically brown-colored and smooth-surfaced, the liver represents 2% of the total body weight in an adult, weighing 1800 grams and 1400 grams respectively in the male and female. Its upper surface is related entirely to the dome of the diaphragm and its visceral surface is related to the following structures (Fig 1): A. Abdominal esophagus B. Stomach C. Upper duodenum D. Hepatic flexure E. Right colon F. Right kidney G. Suprarenal gland. Externally, the liver has been subdivided into right, and approximately 6 times smaller, left lobes by the falciform ligament; this ligament attaches the liver to the anterior abdominal wall. Its base contains the ligamentum teres or round ligament which contains in its free border, a remnant of the vestigial umbilical vein. In the case of cirrhosis with portal hypertension this vein will be recanalized. This vein runs along the free edge of the falciparum ligament in fetal life and actually joins with the left branch of the portal vein. The falciform ligament, while it passes over the dome of the diaphragm, divides into the following forms: A. Its right limb joins the upper layer of the coronary ligament. B. Its left limb will be stretched out as the long and narrow left triangular ligament; it joins the lesser omentum as this arises from the fissure of the ligamentum venosum. 2 Chapter 1 Fig 1: Relation of the liver with other structures Anatomical subdivision of the liver: The superior aspect of the liver will be subdivided by the falciparum ligament into two lobes: A. Large right lobe B. Smaller left lobe Posteroinferiorly in the liver an “H” shaped arrangement of fossa as following: A. Anteriorly and towards the right: There is the presence of the gall bladder fossa. B. Anteriorly and towards the left: There is a groove for the ligamentum teres. C. Posteriorly and to the right: There is the presence of a groove for the inferior vena cava. D. Posteriorly and towards the left: There is a fissure for the ligamentum venosum. The cross bar of the “H” is the porta hepatis. It measures 5 cm in length, and contains the following structures: Anatomy and physiology of the liver 3 A. Anteriorly and to the right: The right and left hepatic ducts fuse into the common hepatic duct. B. Posteriorly and to the left: The hepatic artery divides into two branches, left and right. C. Posteriorly: The portal vein divides into left and right branches. D. Other structures entering the porta hepatis are: a. Parasympathetic nerves arising from the hepatic branch of the anterior vagus nerve. b. Sympathetic nerves from the celiac axis. On the inferior surface of the liver there are two lobes separated by the portal vein: A. The quadrate lobe presents anteriorly between the gall bladder and the round ligament. B. The caudate lobe with the papillary tubercle and the caudate process presents posteriorly along the inferior vena cava in front of the porta hepatis. This lobe is drained by both the right and left hepatic ducts. The right and left portal veins and the hepatic artery provide the arterial supply and this lobe is drained through small venous branches which directly drain into the inferior vena cava. According to the Couinaud classification, the liver has been subdivided into eight independent functional segments in a clockwise manner. Each of these segments has its own portal triad consisting of A. Hepatic arterial branch B. Portal branch C. Bile duct D. Hepatic venous branch for providing outflow. The following segments of the liver are (Fig 2): A. Segment II: Anterior segment of the left lobe B. Segment III: Posterior segment of the left lobe C. Segment IV: Medial segment of the left lobe. Segments II and III are collectively called the left lateral segment. Segments II, III and IV are collectively known as the functional left lobe of the liver. 4 Chapter 1 D. Segment V: Anterior segment of the right lobe E. Segment VII: Anterior segment of the right lobe F. Segment VI: Posterior segment of the right lobe G. Segment VII: Posterior segment of the right lobe. H. Segment I: This represents the caudate lobe of the liver located posteriorly. Outflow of the liver occurs through the three hepatic veins: A. The right hepatic vein divides the right lobe into two segments: a. Anterior segment b. Posterior segment. B. The middle or central hepatic vein divides the liver into two lobes: a. Right lobe b. Left lobe. C. The left hepatic vein divides the left lobe into two segments: a. Medial segment b. Lateral segment. These hepatic veins pass through the substances of the liver in the postero superior direction and ultimately drain into the inferior vena cava at the postero superior aspect of the liver. But the middle hepatic vein opens into the left vein prior to termination. The portal vein divides the liver into two segments: A. Upper segment B. Lower segment. Anatomy and physiology of the liver 5 Fig 2: Different segments in the liver The segmental anatomical description of the liver is of immense importance to the radiologist as well as the surgeon.1,2 Because a resection of the liver depends upon the accurate localization