Chapter 18 Key Concepts Flashcards
Which viral hepatitis NEVER cause chronic Hepatitis, only ACUTE?
- A
- E
- Except in immunocompromised and pregnant ppl
Only _________ viral heps can progress to chronic disease?
- B
- C
- D
Hep ____ is a single virus that is more often chronic and almost NEVER detected acutely.
Hep C
Hep ___ is endemic in equatorial regions and often epidemic.
HepE
What is most assessment for grading and staging for chronic viral hepatitis, which is important to help decide whether the patient undergoes difficult antiviral treatment?
Biopsy
Patients with ____ & _____ are at increased risk for developing hepatocellular carcinoma.
- Hep B
- Hep C
What is one clue that patient has viral hepatitis?
- All cause a very ↑ AST/ALT (often >1000); >25x NL
Blood enters the liver through the [portal vein & hepatic A] => Zone 1 (periportal) => Zone 2 (midzone) => Zone 3 (centrolobular) => centra/hepatic vein.
- What is the 1st zone affected in most liver pathologies and alcohol damage?
- What is the important exception to this?
- Zone 3 (centrolobular)
- Exception: Viral hepatitis usually affects zone 1 (periportal) first.
What is Reyes Syndrome?
- Liver damage + encephalopthy that occurs in children who have a viral illness (chicken pox/varicella zoster or Influenza B) who take aspirin.
- => rapid severe liver failure bc aspirin inhibits B-oxidation => microvascular steatosis (small fat droplets in hepatocytes), causing hepatomegaly.
- => vomitting/coma/death.
What are hallmark changes of chronic heptitis?
- Increased portal chronic inflammation => dense mononuclear infiltrates around the portal triad
- Interface necrosis
- Chronic Hep B => Ground glass infiltrates due to accum of HBsAg in ER; Chronic Hep C => lymphoid follicles and fatty change
What is interface hepatitis (piecemeal necrosis)?
- Lymphocytes infiltrate into the adjacent parenchyma (beyond the limiting plate) and destruction of individual hepatocytes along the edge of the portal tract.
Interface hepatitis is occurs due to:
- Viral hepatitis (especially chronic)
- AI Hepatitis
- Steatosis
Large pale, finely granular pink cytoplasmic exclusions on H& E staining =
Chronic Hep B infection
What confirms the presecence of ground glass infiltrates/ surface antigen in hep B
Immunostaining => looks brown
Which Hep virus must we worry about in the US
Hep C