B5.025 - Liver Disorders 1 Flashcards
Identify the bile duct, hepatic artery and the portal vein
String of pearls - bile duct
hepatic artery - bottom right
Portal vein - big one in the middle
What is cholestasis
Impaired bile formation and bile flow
acccumulation of bile pigment in hepatic parenchyma
Causes of cholestasis
intrahepatic obstruction
extrahepatic obstruction
defects in bile secretion
Causes of obstruction or obliteration of the bile ducts
Cholelithiasis
cholangitis
PSC
post surgical strictures
Causes of compression of the bile ducts outside the liver
pancreatic cancer
pancreatitis
extrahepatic biliary tract cancers
Canalicular cholestasis
What is a lab study for obstructive liver disease
Alk phos, bilirubin, GGTP
Acute hepatitis pattern lab studies
AST, ALT
Cirrhosis pattern lab studies
decreased albumin, platelets, prolonged PT
What happens histologically in obstruction of bile ducts
Other bile ducts form around the obstructed one from the canals of herring
What are canals of herring
they have pluripotent cells that can become other types of liver cells they are found in the ductular cells
What are stellate cells
Lead to fibrosis in cirrhotic livers
Describe labs for cholestasis
Alkaline phosphatase
present in bile duct epithelium and canalicular membrane of hepatocytes
released due to detergent action of retained bile salts on hepatocyte membranes
GGT
Clinical signs and symptoms of cholestasis
Jaundice/icterus
pruritis
skin xanthomas
Causes of chronic cholestasis of the liver
PBC
PSC
obstructive cholangitis
What is PBC
Chronic bile destructive disease
autoimmune in genetically predisposed people
Features of PBC
Aberrant expression of MHC class 2 molecules on bile duct epithelial cells and autoreactive T cells around ducts
AMA is increased
Epidemiology of PBC
90% female
Peak incidence 40-50 yo
ealry labs - elevated GGT, alk phos,
Histo of PBC
destructive cholantitis
florid duct lesions
disruption of BM, intraepithelial lympsh and plasma cells, cytoplasmic vacuolizationl regenerative hyperplasia, occasional mitosis
granulosus
Damaged bile ducts from PBC
Florid duct lesion
T cells infilatrating the bile duct
note the longitudinal x section of the hepatic artery to the right
PBC