Code | Name | Alternative Name | Description |
PH501 | Abscess, liver | | a condition where there is a pus-filled cavity in the liver secondary to a bacterial infection |
PH502 | Acute yellow atrophy, liver | | a severe usually fatal disorder in which the liver degenerates and is reduced in size as a result of toxic chemicals, infection, or other agents |
PH503 | Adenocarcinoma, fatty infiltrations, liver | | cancer of the liver with abnormal accumulation of fat droplets in the cytoplasm of cells |
PH504 | Adenocarcinoma, gallbladder | | cancer originating in the cells lining the gallbladder |
PH505 | Adenocarcinoma, hepatic metastasis | | a malignant tumor originating in glandular epithelium, metastastised to liver |
PH506 | Biliary cirrhosis, liver | | cirrhosis of the liver due to inflammation or obstruction of the bile ducts resulting in the accumulation of bile in the liver |
PH507 | Biliary obstruction, liver | | blockage of the bile ducts that can occur as a result of stones, tumours, bile duct inflammation, bile duct cysts, trauma, etc. |
PH508 | Carcinoid, secondary, liver | | a cancer in the liver metastasised as a result of one in the mucosa of the gastrointestinal tract |
PHR09 | Carcinoma, secondary, liver | | a carcinoma that has metastasised in the liver as a result of one elsewhere in the body |
PH510 | Cholecystitis, chronic active, gallbladder | | inflammation of the gallbladder that occurs most commonly because of obstruction of the cystic duct |
PH511 | Fatty degeneration, liver | steatosis | abnormal formation of microscopically visible droplets of fat in the cytoplasm of cells of the liver, as a result of injury |
PH512 | Gallbladder | | the pear-shaped organ found below the liver that concentrates and stores bile |
PH513 | Hemangioma, liver | haemangioma | a tangle of abnormal vessels that forms an abnormal communication between the arterial and venous systems, in this case of the liver |
PH514 | Hepatic septic infarcts | | an area of necrosis resulting from vascular obstruction due to emboli comprised of clumps of bacteria or infected material, in this case in the liver |
PH515 | Hepatoma | | a liver tumor (usually malignant) |
PH516 | Inflammation, chronic, gallbladder | | chronic inflammation of the gallbladder |
PH517 | Liver | | the largest organ in the body; carries out many important functions, e.g. making bile, changing food into energy, and cleaning alcohol and poisons from the blood |
PH518 | Liver congestion, fatty degeneration, cloudy swelling | | swelling of liver cells due to injury to the membranes leading to an an accumulation of intracellular water; also abnormal formation of microscopically visible droplets of fat in the cytoplasm of the cells |
PH519 | Liver, cloudy swelling, dilation of capillaries | | swelling of liver cells due to injury to the membranes leading to an an accumulation of intracellular water; also showing capillaries dilating |
PH520 | Necrosis, sub acute, liver | | dying tissue, showing characteristics between acute and chronic |
PH521 | Papillary tumour, gallbladder | | a tumour shaped like a small mushroom with its stem attached to the inner lining of the gallbladder |
PH522 | Sarcoma, secondary melanotic, liver | | a secondary cancer in the liver that has metastasised as a result of one in the supportive tissues such as bone, cartilage, fat or muscle |
PH523 | Syphilitic cirrhosis, liver | | widespread disruption of normal liver structure by syphilis |
PH524 | Tuberculosis, miliary, liver | | acute tuberculosis in which minute tubercles are formed in the liver by tubercle bacilli usually spread by way of the blood |
PH525 | Tumour, malignant, gallbladder | | a cancerous tumour in the gallbladder |
PH526 | Venous congestion, early, liver | | early signs of overfilling and distention of the veins with blood as a result of mechanical obstruction or heart problems |
PH527 | Venous congestion, late chronic, liver | | extensive overfilling and distention of the veins with blood as a result of mechanical obstruction or heart problems |
PH528 | Weil's disease, liver | Spirochaetosis | liver showing signs of infection by leptospira with an illness whose symptoms include chills, fever, muscle pain, and hepatitis |
