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Histopathology Liver disease Flashcards

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Benign types

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Haemangioma
Liver cell adenoma
Blie duct malformations
Focal nodular hyperplasia

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Malignant

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HCC
Cholangiocarcinoma
Angioarcoma heptaoblastoma
Lymphoma
Metastasis
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Haemangioma description

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Most common benign vascular tumour

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Haemangioma detection

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Incidental pick up and rarely rupture

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Bile duct malformation epi

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Common
Incidental finding at surgery
Often misinterpreted as metastasis
Benign
Along with bile duct adenoma
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Liver cell adenoma more common in

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Women

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Liver cell adenoma associated with

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Contraceptive use (this subtype is the least likely to turn malignant)

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FNH Similar features to

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Cirrhosis

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FNH presentation

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Tumour like malformation
Central scar
Can become very large
More common in women

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HCC epi

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  • Most common primary malignant tumour
  • More common in men
  • 5th most common malignancy in men worldwide
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HCC causes

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  • Cirrhosis
  • Hep B/C
  • ASH/NASH
  • Autoimmune hepatitis, chronic biliary disease
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HCC least common causes

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  • Haemochromatosis
  • A1AT-defiency
  • Wilson’s disease
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Diagnostic test

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Alpha-feto protein (large increase) (seen in more than 50% of HCC or testicular)

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Fibrolamellar HCC

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Occurs in younger people
No background cirrhosis
Better Prognosis

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Hepatoblastoma occurs in

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Children under 5 years

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Hepatoblastoma epi

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Most frequent liver tumour in children

Most are male

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Hepatoblastoma Diagnosis

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AFP often raised

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18
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Hepatoblastoma Appearance

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Lobulated

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Hepatoblastoma Prognosis

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Good

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20
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Hepatoblastoma Histological

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Different histological variants

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Angiosarcoma epi

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Rare but most common sarcoma of liver

Most common in men

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Angiosarcoma causes

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Thorotrast
Arsenic
Anabolic steroids
Vinyl chloride

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Angiosarcoma prognosis

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Poor

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Cholangiocarcinoma prognosis

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Often aggressive with poor prognosis

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Cholangiocarcinoma associated with

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Chronic inflammation of bile ducts (PSC, parasites, pyogenic cholangitis)

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Metastasis: epi

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Most common malignant tumour in the liver

Common primary sites: colon, upper GI,lung, heart

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Medical

Types

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  1. Viral hepatitis
  2. Alcoholic/non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
  3. Autoimmune hepatitis
  4. Chronic biliary disease (PSC/PBC)
  5. Drug induced liver injury
  6. Inherited disorders (Wilson’s. haemochromatosis, A1At-defiency)
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Hep A

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  • No carrier state
  • Faeco-oral transmission
  • Course can be mild, cholestatic or lead to liver failure
  • Just acute
  • Vaccine available
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Hep B

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  • Transmission via bodily fluids
  • Acute and chronic disease
  • High prevalence worldwide
  • Can lead to cirrhosis and HCC
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Hep C

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  • Usually associated with chronic state
  • Blood transmission
  • Often leads to cirrhosis and can lead to HCC
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Delta virues

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  • Super/co-infection in pre-existing hepatitis B

* Can lead to fulminant hepatitis

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Hep E

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(Non-) alcoholic fatty liver disease → causes

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Alcohol excess
Obesity
Diabetes
Drugs
Many more
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(Non-) alcoholic fatty liver disease → can lead to

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Fibrosis/cirrhosis

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(Non-) alcoholic fatty liver disease → can lead to epi

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Very common in the western world

High burden on health services

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Autoimmune hepatitis →blood tests

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High ALT
High IgG
ANA +

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Autoimmune hepatitis → presentation

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Acutely but usually chronic disease

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Autoimmune hepatitis → can lead to

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Autoimmune hepatitis →treated with

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Steroids or immunosupression

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Primary sclerosing cholangitis

Epi

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Often present in young/middle aged males

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Primary sclerosing cholangitis

Common in

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Patients with UC

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Primary sclerosing cholangitis

Appearance

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Typical appearance in biliary tree imaging

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Primary sclerosing cholangitis

Path

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Progressive inflammation and fibrosis of large intra and extra hepatic bile ducts

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Primary sclerosing cholangitis

Can lead to and increased risk of

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Secondary biliary cirrhosis and increased risk of CC

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Primary sclerosing cholangitis

Tests

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AMA negative
Well recognised in children
p-ANCA+

46
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Primary biliary cirrhosis:

Epi

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Middle aged females

47
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Primary biliary cirrhosis:

Tests

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AMA +
IgM+
Alk phos raised

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Primary biliary cirrhosis:

Can lead to

49
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Drug induced liver injury:

Note

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• Any histological picture can b caused by drugs, some are dose dependent some are not.
Hugely variable

50
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Wilson’s disease

Definition

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Autosomal recessive mutation on chromosome 13

Abberant storage of copper in many organs including the liver

51
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Wilson’s disease

Leads to

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Liver failure amongst other symptoms

52
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Wilson’s disease

Presents in

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Often presents in childhood

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Haemochromatosis:

Definition

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Autosomal recessive mutation of HFE gene on chromosome 6

54
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Haemochromatosis:

Leads to

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Increased iron absorption and storage in the liver

55
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Haemochromatosis:

Increased risk of

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Alpha – 1 – antitrypsin defiency: mutation

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In the A1AT gene on chromosome 14

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Alpha – 1 – antitrypsin defiency:

Path

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Abnormal protein leads to accumulation in the liver

58
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Alpha – 1 – antitrypsin defiency:

Increased risk of

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Cirrhosis:

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irreversible destruction of the liver architecture associated with fibrosis and nodule formation which may follow necrosis

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