Histo features Flashcards
gross of acute viral hepatitis
enlarged, reddened liver;
green if cholestatic
What are the 5 types of parenchymal damage associated w/ viral hepatitis?
hepatocyte injury; hepatocyte necrosis; regenerative changes (hepatocyte proliferation); sinusoidal cell reactive changes; portal tracts
What is indicative of hepatocyte injury? cholestasis? HCV?
injury: swelling=>ballooning degeneration
cholestasis: canalicular bile plugs;
HCV: mild fatty change of hepatocytes
What are features of hepatocyte necrosis?
cytolysis (rupture) or apoptosis (shrink);
bridging necrosis if severe;
lobular disarray w/ loss of architecture
Describe sinusoidal cell reactive changes in acute viral hep
accumulation of phagocytosed cellular debris in Kupffer cells;
influx of mononuclear cells into sinusoids
Descirbe how the portal tracts appear on histo in acute viral hep
inflammation=> mononuclear;
inflamm spillover into adjacent parenchyma w/ hepatocyte necrosis
What changes are overlapped in chronic and acute hep?
hepatocyte injury, necrosis, apoptosis, regeneration;
sinusoidal cell reactive changes
Describe how the portal tracts appear on histo in chronic viral hep
inflammation confined to portal tracts or spillover into adjacent parenchyma w/ hepatocyte necrosis;
bridging inflammation and necrosis
fibrosis w/ portal deposition or portal and periportal deposition or formation of bridging fibrous septa
How does HBV present on histo?
ground-glass hepatocytes => accumulation of HBsAg
How does HCV present on histo?
bile duct epithelial cell proliferation, lymphoid aggregate formation
moderate intake of alcohol does what to liver?
hepatic steatosis => small microvesicular
chronic intake of alcohol does what to liver?
macrovesicular globules w/ lipid accumulation
where does hepatic steatosis typically take place?
centrilobular
how does a chronic alcoholic liver look grossly?
large, soft, yellow, greasy
presence of what characterizes alcoholic hepatitis?
hepatocyte swelling and necrosis;
mallory bodies;
neutrophil infiltration;
fibrosis (sinusoidal & perivenular & periportal)