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GI 3 Flashcards

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Cirrhosis

Shrunken, atrophic liver (scarring then liver tries to regenerate, forming nodules)

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Cirrhosis

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Cirrhosis

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Cirrhosis

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Cirrhosis

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Cirrhosis

Blue collagen bands in trichome stain

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Cirrhosis

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Steatosis

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Steatosis

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Steatosis

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Steatosis

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Alcoholic Hepatitis

Typically involves neutrophils that infiltrate lobules

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Alcoholic Hepatitis

Arrow: Mallory body

Aggregate of inflammatory cells *largely neutrophils

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Alcoholic Hepatitis Mallory Body

Eosinophilic inclusion, composed mostly of filaments caused by damage to filaments to form cytokeratin

*EXAM*

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Alcoholic Hepatitis

Mallory Hyaline Body

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Alcoholic Liver Disease

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Viral Hepatitis

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Viral Hepatitis (Hemorrhagic)

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Acute Viral Hepatitis

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Viral Hepatitis

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Viral Hepatitis

Acidophilic (Councilman) body (arrow)

A hepatocyte undergoing apoptosis

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Viral Hepatitis

Balloon hepatocytes that are degrading

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Viral Hepatitis B

Ground glass change - cytoplasm turns into smooth ground glass appearance due to viral replication

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Viral Hepatitis

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Viral Hepatitis

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Hemochromatosis

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Hemochromatosis

Excessive hemosiderin stores

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Hemochromatosis

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Hemochromatosis

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Hemochromatosis

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Hepatocellular Carcinoma

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Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Small tumors at periphery

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Hepatocellular Carcinoma

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Hepatocellular Carcinoma

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Metastatic Carcinoma

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Metastatic Carcinoma

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Metastatic Carcinoma

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Metastatic Carcinoma

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Metastatic Carcinoma

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Metastatic Carcinoma

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Cholelithiasis

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Cholelithiasis

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Cholelithiasis

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Cholelithiasis

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Cholelithiasis (Pigment Gallstones)

Indicative of chronic hemolysis

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Choledocholithiasis

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Acute cholecystitis

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Acute cholecystitis

PMNs infiltrating mucosa

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Chronic Cholecystitis

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Chronic Cholecystitis

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Chronic cholecystitis

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Porcelain gallbladder

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Porcelain Gallbladder

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Adenocarcinoma of GB

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Adenocarcinoma of GB

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Adenocarcinoma of GB

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Acute Pancreatitis

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Acute Pancreatitis

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Acute Pancreatitis

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Acute Pancreatitis

White foci= fat necrosis due to fat digestion by lipase, releasing fatty acids that bind to calcium forming soaps (saponification)

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Acute Pancreatitis

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Acute Pancreatitis

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Acute Pancreatitis

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Acute Pancreatitis

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Chronic Pancreatitis

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Chronic Pancreatitis

Concretions and atrophy replaced by chronic scar tissue

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Chronic Pancreatitis Pancreaticpseudocyst (no epithelial lining)

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Chronic Pancreatitis Pancreatic pseudocyst

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Pancreatic Carcinoma

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Pancreatic Carcinoma

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Pancreatic carcinoma

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Pancreatic carcinoma

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PancreaticCarcinoma

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Pancreatic carcinoma

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Pancreatic carcinoma

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What is the definition of cirrhosis?

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Scarring of entire liver with 1) diffuse fibrosis 2) loss of lobular architecture 3) nodular regeneration

It is the end-stage of many chronic disorders, so it is difficult to determine precise etiology by histology alone

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What is the traditional classification of cirrhosis (and its associated diseases)?

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Macronodular (>3 mm)

  • Viral hepatitis
  • Alpha-1 antitrypisin deficiency
  • Wilson’s Disease

Micronodular (<3 mm)

  • Alcoholism
  • Hemochromatosis
  • Primary biliary cirrhosis
  • Wilson’s Disease
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What are some complications of cirrhosis?

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Portal HTN

Esophageal varices

Ascites

Splenomegaly

Hepatic encephalopathy

Hepatocellular carcinoma

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What is steatosis?

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Increased storage of lipid in liver, resulting in yellow appearance (macroscopic) and cytoplasmic vacuoles (microscopic)

May be due to variety of causes (alcohol, DM, obesity, protein malnutrition, metabolic disorders)

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What is alcoholic hepatitis?

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Develops in 20-25% of heavy drinks

Characterized by:

Inflammation and hepatocyte degeneration

Neutrophilic infiltrate

Steatosis

Mallory bodies (eosinophilic PAS +, corkscrew shaped intracytoplasmic stuctures made of intermediate filaments (keratin)

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What is acute hepatitis characterized by?

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Inflammation (mostly lymphocytic, with some neutrophils and eosinophils)

Lobular disarray

Ballooning degeneration

Acidophil (Councilman) bodies

May see bridging necrosis (severe cases)

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How do you distinguish chronic from acute hepatitis?

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Distinction from acute made clinically, not pathologically

Usually requires elevation of liver enzymes for >6 months (or persistently elevated viral load)

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what is hereditary hemochromatosis?

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Hereditary hemochromatosis (Bronze diabetes)

Autosomal recessive disorder of iron metabolism (HFE gene, chromosome 6p)

1-2/1,000 and M:F = 7:1 (men present earlier in life)

Prussian blue stain for iron shows granular staining in hepatocytes

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How do you distinguish hemochromatosis from secondary hemosiderosis?

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Quantitative irone analysis

Secondary hemosiderosis = iron overload where iron accumulation typically affects Kupffer cells

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What are complications of hereditary hemochromatosis?

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Cirrhosis

Hepatocellular carcinoma

Hypopituitarism, skin pigmentation, cardiac failure, DM, arthropathy, testicular atrophy

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What are predisposing factors for hepatocellular carcinoma (hepatoma)?

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Cirrhosis

Hep B and C

Thorotrast (formerly used as radiographic contrast agent)

Alcohol

Radiation

Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency

Hemochromatosis

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What serum marker may be elevated in hepatocellular carcinoma?

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Alpha feto-protein

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What is the macroscopic and microscopic description of hepatocellular carcinoma?

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Macro: single/multiple, may have bile staining

Micro: Atypical hepatocytes with nuclear pleomorphisms, thickened trabeculae (several layers thick), absent portal tracts

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What is the prognosis of hepatocellular carcinoma?

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Poor

10% 5-year survival

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What is the most common malignant tumor of the liver?

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Metastatic carcinoma

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What are the most common primary sites for metastatic carcinoma?

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GI tract, breast, and lung

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Describe metastatic carcinoma

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Usually multiple circumscribed nodules

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Describe (macro and micro) the normal gall bladder

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Macro: sac-like with thin wall and green mucosal lining

Micro: columnar epithelial lining, lamina propria, muscularis propria (no muscularis mucosae or submucosa)

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What are the types of gallstones

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Gallstones occur secondary to supersaturation of bile

only 10% of gallstones are pure

  1. cholesterol stones: pale, yellow, round/oval, single, radiolucent
  2. pigment stones (Ca2+ bilirubinate): black/brown, oval, multiple
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Risk factors for cholesterol stones

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Female, fat, >40, fertile

Drugs

GI disorders

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What are some risk factors for pigment stones?

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Chronic hemolysis

Certain infections (Bacteria - E. coli; Parasites - Clonorchis)

GI disorders

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How do gallstones form

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Secondary to supersaturation of bile

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What is acute cholecystitis and how is it characterized?

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Acute onset of symptoms, 90% associated with gallstones

Gallbladder often enlarged, tense

Fibrinous serosal exudates

May be hemorrhagic, filled with pus, or health with calcification (porcelain GB)

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What is chronic cholecystitis and how is it characterized?

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Recurrent biliary colic or absence of prior acute cholecystitis, virtually always associated with gallstones

Wall thickened and fibrotic

Chronic inflammation

Entrapped epithelial crypts (Rokitansky-Aschoff sinuses)

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What is an adenocarcinoma of the Gallbladder?

  • How often does it occur?
  • Who does it occur in most?
  • Association with gallstones?
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Rare malignancy that is more common in females

80-90% associated with gallstones

Most have invaded liver by time of diagnosis

Uniformly fatal

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What is acute pancreatitis associated with?

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80% of cases associated with gallstones or alcoholism

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What is acute pancreatitis characterized by?

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Diffuse edema, acute inflammation, hemorrhage, fat necrosis, fibrosis, calcification

20% mortality

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Pathogenesis of acute pancreatitis

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What is chronic pancreatitis?

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Usually not associated with acute pancreatitis

Chronic inflammation, ductal ectasia, squamous metaplasia of ducts, calcification, fibrosis, stone formation, pseudocysts

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What are some complications of acute pancreatitis?

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Systemic organ failure, shock, ARDS, acute renal failure

DIC

Pancreatic abscess

Pancreatic pseudocyst

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What are some complications of chronic pancreatitis?

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Pseudocyst

Duct obstruction

Malabsorption, steatorrhea

Secondary diabetes

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How common are ductal adenocarcinomas?

Where in the pancreas do most of these malignancies occur?

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Pretty common

85% of all pancreatic malignancies

2/3 occur in head of pancreas

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Describe a pancreatic adenocarinoma (macro/microscopically)

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Macro: Infiltrative, firm, tan-white tumor

Micro: irregular ducts/glands lined by atypical cuboidal to columnar cells, desmoplastic stromal response

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What are some complications of pancreatic adenocarcinoma?

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Primary effects:

  • Metastases (lung, liver, peritoneum)
  • Pancreatic carcinoma
  • Abdominal pain (peripheral lymphatic invasion)

Secondary effects:

  • Trousseau syndrome: Migratory peripheral thrombophlebitis (10-25%)
  • Courvosier gallbladder: painless jaundice, dilated gallbladder
  • Weight loss
  • Obstructive jaundice
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What is the prognosis of pancreatic adenocarcinoma?

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<20% of tumors at diagnosis are surgically resectable

Overall poor prognosis: 10% 1-year survival; 2% 5-year survival

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What are some of the mutations associated wth pancreatico adenocarcinoma?

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K-Ras, p16, p53, BRCA2, DPC4/SMAD4

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