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Query: UMLS:C0018801 (heart failure)
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Hypoxia and intrahepatic hemodynamic abnormalities in circulatory failure are important pathogenetic factors in the development of cardiogenic fibrosis. Glycosamine glycans and H-acetylhexosaminidase serve as markers for basic substance turnover in the connective tissue and may be used in clinical practice and as screening tests to detect liver cirrhosis. Haptoglobin and ceruloplasmin act as protectors to stabilise the fibrogenesis of nutmeg liver and exert an immunomodulating action. Glutamate dehydrogenase levels may be employed as an early diagnostic criterion for assessing hepatocytic dysfunction caused by hypoxia in patients with heart failure.
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PMID:[Fibrosing reaction of nutmeg liver]. 213 3

A 34-year-old woman entered the emergency room with abdominal pain in the right upper quadrant. Computed tomography scan showed a nutmeg liver suspected for increased venous pressure by thrombosis of the liver veins, Budd-Chiari malformation, or right-sided heart failure. Interestingly, the diagnosis was pelvic inflammatory disease complicated by the Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome (FHCS). Pelvic inflammatory disease resulted from an ascended infection by Chlamydia trachomatis. FHCS was caused by perihepatitis defined as inflammation of the peritoneal capsule of the liver. Fast diagnosis and treatment is crucial. Therefore, we report a case of FHCS characterized by a nutmeg liver on computed tomography.
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PMID:Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome resulting in nutmeg liver on computed tomography. 3119 61