Know Your Liver
Which Couinaud segment contains the caudate lobe?
What is Segment I?
What is the most common category of hepatic abscess in developed countries?
What is a pyogenic (bacterial) abscess?
According to the Couinaud classification, the liver is divided into how many functional independent segments?
What is eight?
This classification of the liver makes up the posterior sector of the right hepatic lobe and the viral meme of Gen Alpha.
What is Couinaud Segment Six Seven?
Say his name three times and this mischievous ghost in a black and white striped suit will appear.
Who is Beetlejuice?
Which hepatic vein runs along Cantlie's line and divides the functional right and left hemilivers?
What is the middle hepatic vein?
Which imaging modality is considered the gold standard for diagnosing a hepatic abscess?
What is CT with IV contrast?
What is 10-14?
This structure carries bile away from the liver, and this famously sticky adhesive repairs almost anything.
What is Bile Duct Tape?
Which popular Halloween candy was originally marketed under the name "Chicken Feed" when it was introduced in the 1880s?
What is Candy Corn?
What structures are located within the portal triad?
What is the portal vein, proper hepatic artery, and the common hepatic duct?
What are two common pathogens responsible for pyogenic hepatic abscesses?
What are Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, or Streptococcus anginosus? (Any two)
During image-guided percutaneous drainage of a hepatic abscess, what French size range of pigtail catheter is placed?
What is 8-14 French?
This device used intraoperatively to identify liver lesions transforms into the rapper and musician known for hits like "Bloody Valentine."
What is Ultrasound Machine Gun Kelly?
Immigrants from this country, in the 1840s, are credited with popularizing Halloween in the United States.
What is Ireland?
In a healthy patient, after donating 50% of the liver, approximately how long does it take to regenerate to near its original size?
What is 6-8 weeks?
This biliary condition commonly manifests the famed "Charcot's triad" and is a common cause of pyogenic liver abscesses.
What is ascending cholangitis?
What is 2-6 weeks?
This anatomical landmark dividing the functional right and left liver and a group choreographed dance, like the cupid shuffle.
What is Cantlie's line dance?
This small town serves as the filming location for the Disney Channel 1998 cult classic starring a young girl who discovers she comes from a long line of good witches.
What is St. Helens, Oregon?
During intraoperative hepatic ultrasound using color Doppler, what is the expected physiologic direction of flow in the portal vein and hepatic artery.
What is hepatopetal flow (toward the liver)?
In an amebic hepatic abscess, what is the primary antibiotic regimen for eradication?
What is metronidazole (or tinidazole) followed by paromomycin (or iodoquinol)?
Above what abscess diameter (in cm) has catheter drainage demonstrated better clinical improvement than needle aspiration?
What is >5cm?
An instrument used to obtain tissue during hepatic biopsy and a phrase meaning something that is extremely difficult, nearly impossible to find.
What is Core Needle in the Haystack?
This legendary Tulsa music venue, known for Western swing and hosting Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys, is rumored to be haunted by the famous musician himself.
What is Cain's Ballroom?