4. GI Tract Liver Path Flashcards
The liver weights around 1500G and has a dual blood supply- 2/3 portal, 1/3 hepatic artery, the liver hilum is called the porta hepatis. What is the name of the functional unit of the liver?
Lobule
The lobule is the functional unit of the liver, with a terminal hepatic vein in the midle and portal tracts in the periphery. Which zone (1-3) is the farthest away from blood flow and most apt to become necrotic first?
Zone 3
Zone 1 is at highest risk for Toxin damage
What kind of stain is used to highlight fibrous tissue- coloring it blue?
Trichrome Stain
What cells in the liver are mononuclear phagocytes attached to the luminal face of endothelial cells, and fat containing myofibroblastic hepatice stellate cells are found in the space of Disse?
Kupffer cells (liver macrophages)
The main functions of the liver include energy regeneration and substrate interconversion, synthesis and secretion of plasma proteins, solubilizing, transport and storage function and protective and?
clearance functions
Hepatic damage may occur secondary to most common disease of illness including heart failure, disseminated cancer and extrahepatic?
infections
Acute viral hepatitis, ischemic hepatitis and acetaminophen overdose would have a typical range of AST and ALT of over?
1000U/L **very high
Most liver diseases are chronic since its a large organ, less than 26 weeks is classified as a acute liver disease. Liver disease is an insidious process in which clinical detection and symptoms of hepatic decompensation may occur in weeks, months or?
years after the onset of injury
Reversible changes in the hepatocytes include steatosis which is accumulation of fat in the liver, swelling and what, which is accumulation of bilirubin in the liver?
Cholestasis
Hepatocyte necrosis is when fluid flows into the cell, the cell swells, and ruptures when osmotic reguation is interrupted, blebs form to carry off intracellular stuff to extracellular, mø cluster at the site of injury, the predominant cuase of death is due to what two things?
Ischemic or Hypoxic injury due to oxidative stress
Hepatocyte apoptosis is the other form of cell death, in which the hepatocyte shrinks, nuclear chromatin condensation (pyknosis), fragmentation (karyorrhexis) and cellular fragmentation into acidophilic apoptotic bodies occurs, what are yellow bodies due to yellow fever?
Councilman bodies
apoptosis via DNA damage, accum of misfolded proteins, cetain infections
What necrosis is widespread parenchymal loss, severe zonal loss of hepatocytes, may begin around central vein and produces space filled with cellular debris, mø, and remnants of reticular meshwork- seen in acute toxic injury, ischemic injur or viral hepatitis?
Confluent Necrosis
What type of necrosis in the liver is when a zone links central veins to portal tracts or bridges protal tracts, vascular insult leads to parenchymal extinction due to large areas of contiguous hepatocyte death, collapse of supporting framework and cirrhosis may occur?
Bridging Necrosis
Regeneration in the liver occurs as mitotic replication adjacent to those that have died. Stem cell like* hepatocytes can replicate even in the setting of chronic injury, meaning that what is not a significant part of parenchymal repair?
Stem cell replenishment (since job is done by the hepatocytes)
The prinicple cell type involved in scar deposition is what cell? Which normally is a lipid (vitA) storing cell, however in several forms of acute and chronic injury, the cell becomes activated and converted to highly fibrinogenic myofibroblasts
hepatic stellate cells** = fibrogenic myofibroblasts
Note: activation via increase in PDGFRB/TNF, cytokines from Kupffer cells - TGFB/MMP2/ TIMP1/2 = fibrosis, contraction via endothelin 1
What are the serum measurements for hepatocyte integrity? 3
- Aspartate aminotransferase (AST)
- Alanine aminotransferase (ALT)
- Lactate dehydrogenase (LDH)
What are the tests that look for biliary excretory function? 3
- Serum bilirubin
- Urine bilirubin
- Serum bile acids
What are the tests that look for damage to the bile canaliculus?
- Serum alkaline phosphatase
* Serum gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase (GGT)
What are the tests that look for hepatocyte synthetic function? 3
- Serum *albumin
- *Coagulation factors: PT, PTT, fibrinogen, prothrombin, factors V, VII, IX, and X
- Hepatocyte metabolism: serum *ammonia, aminopyrine breath test (hepatic demethylation)
Regeneration of the liver occurs mainly by proliferation of remaining hepatocytes and repopulation from progenitor cells such as the canals of?
Hering (intrahepatic biliary tract)
Liver failure occurs when 80-90% of the functional capacity of the liver is lost, 80% mortality without transplant may be due to acute injury, chronic progressive injury or?
acute on chronic injury
What is the first anatomical structure within the liver to dissappear after regeneration occurs?
Central vein
Acute liver failure occurs within 26 weeks of initial injury, with an absence of prexisting liver disease, associated with encephalopathy and?
coagulopathy
Acute liver failure is commonly due to massive hepatic necrosis d/t drugs/toxins… Mnemonic
A: Acetaminophen (**50% of ALF d/t this-ZONE3)
B: Hepatitis B
C: Hepatitis C / Cryptogenic
D: Drugs/Hepatitis D
E: Hepatitis E/ Eosteric causes (wilson)
F:?
Fatty change of microvasculature (pregnancy, valporate, tetracycline, Reye syndrome)
Morphologically, acute liver failure has massive hepatic necrosiss leading to parenchymal loss and regeneration, see a small shrunk liver, early scarring in a few weeks, what is deinfed as diffuse poisoning of liver cells without cell death and parenchymal collapse, related to fatty liver of pregnancy?
Diffuse Microvesicular Steatosis
Clinically with acute liver failure, patient presents with nausea, vomiting, itching, icterus and jaundice progressing to life threatening encephalopathy and coagulation defects, there is a moderate increase in?
Liver transaminases
with ALF there is hepatomegaly due to hepatic swelling, infiltrates and edema, leading to shrunken liver, the following would indicate what? decrease liver enzymes, indicating few remaining hepatocytes confirmed with worsening jaundice, caugulopathy and encephalopathy?
POOR prognosis
Cholestasis increase the risk of life threatening bacterial infection in acute liver failure. Hepatic encephalopathy d/t increase serum ammonia causing behavioral abnormalities to marked confusion and coma, there is rigidity and hyperreflexia along with a characteristic sign known as what? (nonrhythmic, rapid extension-flexion of the head and wrists)
*Asterixis
with ALF, coagulopathy occurs = impaired clotting due to lack of VitK, factor 10,9,7,2, leading to easy bruising and intracranial bleed, disseminated intravascular coagulation DIC occurs due to failure of liver to remove activated coag factors, and Portal HTN may occurs d/t intrahepatic obstruction causing what two things?
Ascites and Hepatic Encephalopathy
What is a form of renal failure in indiviuals with liver failure in which their kidneys are morphologically and functionally normal?
Hepatorenal syndrome
Chronic liver failure is associated with cirrhosis, chornic hepatitis B and C, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, and alcoholic fatty liver disease, the ultimate cause of death in chronic is the same in acute, including encephalopathy, bleeding from E varices and?
bacterial infections
What is diffuse transformation of the entire liver into regenerative parenchymal nodules surrounded by fibrous bands and vairable degrees of vascular (portosystemic) shunting?
Cirrhosis- NOT diagnosis
cryptogenic = no clear cause
Child-Pugh classification of cirrhosis helps monitor the decline of patients on the path to chronic liver failure, Class A is well compensated, B is partially, and C is decompensated. What has an increased incidence in cirrhosis with broad bands of dense scar with dilated lymphatic spaces, less parenchyma, more likely to progress and lead to end stage renal disease?
Portal hypertension likelihood
Early stem cell activation is seen in the form of ductular reactions which increase with advancing stage of disease and are usually more prominent in?
cirrhosis
**regression of fibrosis does occur- so cant ALWAYS assoc. cirrhosis w end stage liver dz
Clinical symptoms of chronic liver disease before cirrhosis- 40% are asymptomatic until advanced stages, there is anorexia, weight loss, weakness, jaundice, pruritus, hypoalbuminemia, hyperammonemia, and there is hyperestrogenemia in men d/t impaired metabolism which leads to what? 4
Palmer erythema
Spider angiomas
Gynecomastia
Hypogonadism
(sx of acute liver failure + portal HTN)
The following are what causes of portal HTN?
Obstructive thrombosis, narrowing of the portal vein before entering the liver, massive splenomegaly with icnreased splenic blood flow
Prehepatic Causes
The following are what causes of portal HTN?
severe right heart failure, constrictive pericarditis, hepatic vein outflow obstruction
Posthepatic Causes
The following are what causes of portal HTN?
**Cirrhosis = MCC, schitomiasis, massive fatty change, diffuse fibrosing granulomatous disease (sarcoidosis), dz affecting microcirculation (regeneration), increased resistance to portal flow, increased portal venous flow d/t hyperdynamic circulation
Intrahepatic causes of Portal HTN
Increased resistance to portal flow at the level of the sinusoids occurs via decreased NO production, increased endothelin, angiotensin, disruption of BF due to scarring. INcreased portal venous flow is due to NO, prostacyclin and TNF as well as what which is increased effleux into the portal venous system?
Splanchnic Arterial vasodilation
There are four major clinical consequences of portal hypertension, including ascites (85%), portosystemic shunting (esophageal varices, hemorrhoids, caputmedusae), hepatic encephalopathy, and splenomegaly which can lead to?
inducing hematologic abnormalities = HYPERsplenism such as thrombocytopenia and pancytopenia
Ascites occurs in 85% people with cirrhosis and occurs if >500mL in stomach with fluid wave, shifting dullness, puddle sign, composed of transudate (serous). Occurs via sinusoidal hypertension, percolation of hepatic lymph into perinoeal cavity and splanchnic?
vasodilation and hyperdynamic circulation (causes transudation)
Hepatic sinusoidal HTN drives fluid into space of Disse which is drain by lymphatics, movement also influenced by hypoalbuminemia, percolation of hepatic lymph occurs due to increased amount to 20L (NL: 1000mL), and what cannot keep up?
thoracic duct so fluid leaks out
In women with portal hypertension, oligomenorrhea, amenorrhea and what may result due to hypogonadism?
Sterility
What syndrome occurs due to chronic liver failure and is characterized by hypoxia and dyspnea due to ventilation/perfusion mismatch from rapid blood flow through dilated vessels w decreased time for diffusion- exacerbated in upright position *improves when laying down?
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome
What hepatitis virus is benign and self limited, does not cause chronic hepatitis or a carrier state and rarely lethal, ssRNA, spread fecal orally via contaminated water *developing countries?
HAV
Hepatitis A Virus has anti-HAV IGM =acute infection- onset of symptoms, IgG appears and IgM declines, but there is no direct serology to check for IgG, so need to take total antiHAV minus antiHAVIgM, IgG persists for years = immunity, it uncommonly (0.1%) causes what?
Acute hepatic failure with acetopminophen
HepB HBV, has 5 different types, acute hepatitis with full recovery, non-progressive chronic hepatitis, progressive w cirrhosis, acute hepatic failure, asymptomatic healthy carrier state… Which type is an important precurosr for hepatocellular carcinoma?
Chronic hepatitis B
Transmission of HepB is highly prevalent in africa and asia via parenteral (childbirth), intermediate prevelance = horizontal transmission in childhood via breaks in skin/mucus membranes w body contact, and low prevelance in what two situations (MC in US)?
SEX
IV DRUGS
What serum marker for HBV appears before the symptoms, peaks during the overt disease and lasts for 12 weeks, donated blood is screen for this?
HBsAg
What serum marker for HBV doesnt rise until the disease is over, at the same time that the HBsAg goes away, provides immunity, may persist for life, conferring protection = basis for current vaccinations?
Anti-HBsAb (HBsAb IgG)
HBeAg, HBV DNA, and DNA polymerase all appear after HBsAg and indicate that there is ACTIVE viral replication, what specifically can be used to track the disease and antibodies to it indicated disease is about to wane?
HBeAg
Persistent HBeAg is an indicator of continued viral replication, infectivity and probably progression to chronic hepatitis. HBeAb = infection almost over. What appears before the onset of symptoms and shows up w increase AST/ALT**?
Anti- HBcAb
What is the best predictor of chronicity with HBV?
AGE … younger you are the more likely you will have chronic HBV
The host immune response to the virus determines the outcome of infection; strong response by CD4/8 = acute resolute of infection, HBV does not DIreCTLY cause hepatocyte damage, what does?
CD8 T cells attacking the hepatocytes
The goal of chronic HBV infection is to slow progression of disease, reduce liver damage and prevent cirrhosis and cancer, there are vaccinations for the dsDNA virus, and in chronic HBV a liver biopsy shows finely granular what?
Ground glass hepatocytes PACKED with HBsAg
**Cells with ER swollen by HBsAg = diagnostic hallmark
HCV is a ssRNA virus with no vaccination, HCV IgG does not confer immunity and reinfection is possible. It is clinically milder than HBV but 80-90%** develop chronic infection and 20% get?
cirrhosis
HCV clinically presents as repeated bouts of hepatic damage, hallmarks being persistent infection and chronic hepatitis, with chronic HCV you seen a persistent elevation in aminotransferases (wax/wane but never normal), what is found in 35% with chronic HCV?
Cryoglobulinemia
Diagnosis of HCV is detected in blood for 13 weeks during active infection with increase in AST/ALT, associated with metabolic syndrome and can give rise to insulin resistance and nonalcoholic?
fatty liver disease NAFLD
the major risk factors fo HCV include: IV drug abuse, multiple sex partners/ MSM, surgery in last 6 months, contact with HCV person, employment in medical field and most importantly?
NEEDLE STICK in 10% (risk 10x greater than HIV needle sticks)
-tattoos, drugs, etc
VIRUS FAMILY
HAV: Hepatovirus/Picornavirus
HBV: Hepadnavirus
HCV: Flaviviridae
MEOW
DIAGNOSIS
HAV: Detect serum IgM abs
HBV: detect HBsAg or ab to HBcAg, PCR for HBV DNA
HCV: 3rd gen ELISA for ab detection, PCR for HCV DNA
MEOW
What hepatitis is dependent on HBV for its life cycle, vax to HBV prevents it, co-infection with HBV, higher rate of acute hepatic failure in IV drug uses, SUPERINFECTION, usually seen in IV drug users or blood transfusions?
Hepatitis D Virus HDV
What hepatitis has a characteristic of having higher mortality rate among pregnant women, at almost 20%?
Hepatitis E
What are the following?
1) acute asymptomatic infection w recovery
2) acute symptomatic hepatitis w recovery (anicteric or icteric)
3) chronic hepatitis w or w/o progression to cirrhosis
4) acute liver failure w massive to submassive hepatic necrosis
Clinicopathologic syndromes* of viral hepatitis
What is the following syndrome of hepatitis? Worldwide, HAV and HBV infections are frequently subclinical events in childhood verified only in adulthood by the presence of anti-HAV/HBV abs?
Acute asymptomatic infection with recovery (serologic evidence only)
What is the following syndrome of hepatitis?
four phases: incubation period w PEAK infectivity occuring during the last asymptomatic days of the period, symptomatic preicteric phase, symptomatic icteric phase and convalescence
Acute symptomatic hepatitis with recovery
What is the following syndrome of hepatitis?
with progression to cirrhosis or without progression to cirrhosis
Chornic hepatitis
What is the following syndrome of hepatitis?
with massive hepatic necrosis, with submassive hepatic necrosis
Acute liver failure
What is the following syndrome of hepatitis?
individual with HBsAg, no HBeAg or anti-HBeAg, normal ALT/AST, low serum HBV DNA, liver biopsy showing lack of significant inflammation and necrosis-not in US
Carrier state- health carrier-inactive carrier
Coinfection with HIV and hepatitis has become common. Chronic HBV and HCV are leading causes of mortality in patients with HIV in patietns who are untreated and progress to ?
AIDS - liver disease is the 2nd MCC of death
Acute hepatitis morphology includes lymphoplasmacytic (mononuclear) infiltrate (lymphocytes and plasma cells), spotty necrosis or lobular hepatitis is present throughout the lobule, necrosis may be present as empty cytoplasm, cell membrane rupture leading to?
hepatocyte dropout/death
Acute hepatitis morphology includes collapsed sinusoidal collagen reticulin framework*, lack of portal inflammation and apoptosis may be the other mechanism of death, which can be seen by shrinking of the hepatocyte, esosinophilia, pyknotic and?
fragmented
In severe acute hepatitis, there is *confluent necrosis of hepatocytes around central veins, cellular debris, collapsed reticulin fibers, congestion +/- hemorrhage w some inflammation, there is central portal what, which leads to parenchymal collapse?
Bridging necrosis
In severe acute hepatitis, it can lead to massive hepatic necrosis or acute failure, can develop post hepatitis cirrhosis with abundant?
SCARRING
Chronic hepatitis morphology includes may be mild to severe and varies. MIld will see infiltrates limited to portal tracts, progressive will see extension of chronic inflammation from portal tracts with interface hepatitis, there may also be linking of portal portal central regions known as?
bridging necrosis
fibrous septum formation via loss of hepatocytes
What is characterized by necrosis of the liver associated with a lymphocytic infiltrated into the adjacent parenchyma (BEYOND the limiting plate) with destruction of individual hepatocytes along the edges of the portal tract?
interface hepatitis (seen in viral chronic, autoimmune and steatohepatitis)
In chronic HepB, what is characterized by cells with endoplasmic reticulu, swollen by HBsAg = diagnostic, seen as large pale finely granular pink cytoplasmic inclusions on H&E staining?
Ground Glass Hepatocytes
Chronic hepatitis C shows lymphoid aggregates or fully formed lymphoid follicles, geneotype 3 shows what kind of change of scattered hepatocytes?
FAtty change (causing secondary metabolic syndrome leading to NAFLD)
ACUTE: SCANT mononuclear infiltrate, ballooning degeneration, apoptosis, cholestasis
CHRONIC: DENSE mononuclear infiltrates, bridging necrosis/fibrosis, interface hepatitis, ductular reaction(late stage disease), fatty change (hep C), ground glass cells (hep B),
MEOW-review
What type of hepatitis is chronic and progressive, with presence of abs, therapeutic response to immunosuppression, trigger is usually viral infection, drug or toxin exposure, white FEMALE predominance, associated with HLA-DRB1**?
Autoimmune Hepatitis
What type of autoimmune hepatitis is common in middle aged to older people, with +ANA and ASMA (anti smooth muscle) antibodies?
Type 1 Autoimmune hepatitis
Type 2 MC in children,teens with anti-LKM1 = antiliver kidney microsome/ACL1
With Autoimmune Hepatitis there is an early phase of severe parenchymal destruction followed by rapid scarring, fibrosis takes years to develop, severe necroinflammatory activity, mononuclear infiltration - plasma cells, and can see what in areas of activity?
Hepatocyte Rosettes*
with Autoimmune Hepatitis there is a progressive or indolent stage with initial signs such as severe hepatocyte injur w necrosis but little scarring and chronically will see burned out cirrhosis with little necroinflammatory activity
??? MEOW
Clinically, Autoimmune Hepatitis has an acute onset with fulminant disease in 8 weeks, encephalopathy, if left untreated, 40% will die in 6 months, 40% survivors have cirrhosis… What are the prominent and characteristic component of the inflammatory infiltrate in biopsy?
**Plasma cells = IgG is elevated!
Prognosis for Autoimmune Hepatitis is better in adults than children, 80% respond to immunosuppression for long term survival, there is a 75% survival after 10 years post?
liver transplant (20% will recur)