Hepatology, Gallbladder, and Biliary Tract Diseases Project Outline

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Yazan Daaboul, M.D.; Serge Korjian M.D.

Hepatology, Gallbladder, and Biliary Tract Diseases Project
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Textbook Outline
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Overview

  • Below is a list of topics for the Hepatology, Gallbladder, and Biliary Tract Diseases Project.
  • The list includes only adult diseases. Pediatric diseases are covered in the Pediatrics Textbook.
  • The list does not include oncologic diseases or infectious diseases, which are covered in the Oncology and Infectious Diseases Textbooks, respectively.

Textbook Outline


Embryology and Genetics:  Embryology of the Liver  ●  Embryology of the Gallbladder and the Biliary Tract  ●  Important Genes of the Liver, the Gallbladder, and the Biliary Tract

Anatomy:   Gross Anatomy of the Liver  ●  Gross Anatomy of the Gallbladder and the Biliary Tract  ●  Hepatic Circulation

Histology:   Liver Histology  ●  Gallbladder and Biliary Tract Histology

Physiology and Pathophysiological Mechanisms   Function of the Liver  ●  Hepatic Metabolism, Regulation, and Excretion  ●  Immunological Mechanisms of the Liver  ●  Mechanisms of Liver Cell Destruction  ●  Liver Regeneration

Assessment of the Liver:   Liver Function Tests  ●  Liver Biopsy  ●  Liver Imaging  ●  Approach to a Patient with Liver Disease  ●  Approach to a Patient with Jaundice  ●  Approach to a Patient with Ascites  ●  Approach to a Patient with Right Upper Quadrant Abdominal Pain  ●  Hematological Changes in Liver Disease

Clinically Relevant Disease States:   Acute Hepatitis  ●  Chronic Hepatitis  ●  Fulminant Hepatic Failure  ●  Hepatic Cirrhosis  ●  Fetor Hepaticus  ●  Hepatic Encephalopathy

Toxin-mediated Liver Injury:   Hepatotoxicity  ●  Drug-induced Liver Injury  ●  Hepatotoxicity of Herbal Preparations  ●  Occupational and Environmental Hepatotoxicity  ●  Alcoholic Liver Disease  ●  Steatosis  ●  Steatohepatitis  ●  Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease  ●  Amanitin toxicity

Immune Diseases of the Liver:   Autoimmune Hepatitis  ●  DRESS Syndrome

Genetic and Metabolic Diseases of the Liver:   Alpha-1 Antitryprsin Deficiency  ●  Hereditary Hemochromatosis  ●  Wilson's Disease  ●  Gilbert's Syndrome  ●  Crigler-Najjar Syndrome  ●  Dubin-Johnson Syndrome  ●  Rotor Syndrome  ●  Glycogen Storage Disease  ●  Hunter Syndrome  ●  Hurler Syndrome  ●  Lucey-Driscoll Syndrome  ●  Progressive Familial Intrahepatic Cholestasis

Diseases of the Hepatic Circulation:   Portal Hypertension  ●  Portopulmonary Hypertension  ●  Veno-occlusive Disease of the Liver  ●  Budd-Chiari Syndrome  ●  Portal Vein Thrombosis  ●  Splenic Vein Thrombosis  ●  Banti's Syndrome  ●  Peliosis Hepatis  ●  Sinusoidal Obstruction Syndrome  ●  Pylephlebitis  ●  Liver Infarction  ●  Ischemic Hepatitis  ●  Reperfusion Injury to the Liver

Other Hepatic Diseases:   Hepatic Lipofuscinosis  ●  Hepatolithiasis  ●  Focal Nodular Hyperplasia  ●  Nodular Regenerative Hyperplasia  ●  Transverse Fissure of the Liver  ●  Hepatorenal syndrome  ●  Zieve's Syndrome  ●  Granulomatous Liver Disease  ●  Perioperative Hepatic Dysfunction

Diseases of the Gallbladder and Biliary Tract:   Cholelithasis  ●  Choledocolithiasis  ●  Primary Biliary Cirrhosis  ●  Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis  ●  Inflammatory Polyps of the Gallbladder  ●  Gallbladder Mucocele  ●  Biliary Fistula  ●  Mirizzi's Syndrome  ●  Cholesterolosis

Miscellaneous:   Hy's Law  ●  Overlap Syndrome  ●  Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt  ●  Liver Dialysis  ●  Hepatic Stem Cell Transplantation  ●  Liver Transplantation  ●  Artificial Extracorporeal Liver Support  ●  Bioartificial Liver Device

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