liver , gallbladder & exocrine pancrease Flashcards
cause Jaundice
retention of bile
1) Predominantly Unconjugated Hyper-bilirubinaemia
* Excess Production of Bilirubin
* Reduced Hepatic Uptake
* Impaired Bilirubin Conjugation
2) Predominantly Conjugated Hyper-bilirubinaemia:
* Decreased Hepatocellular Excretion (decreased clearance)
* Impaired Intra- or Extra-hepatic bile flow
patho of Jaundice
Disruption of the equilibrium between Bilirubin
production and clearance; Bilirubin is the end
product of haeme degradation
CM of Jaundice
Patients with a yellow discolouration of skin and sclerae (icterus)
cause of Neonatal Jaundice
Due to immaturity of the liver in conjugating and
excreting Bilirubin –> Development of transient
and mild unconjugated hyper-bilirubinaemia
state the diffrence between UnConjugated/Conjugated Bilirubin of Jaundice
–> Unconjugated Bilirubin:
* Insoluble in water at physiologic pH
* Exists in tight complexes with serum albumin
* Cannot be excreted in the urine
* Small amount of unconjugated Bilirubin, present as an albumin-free anion in plasma
* Increase of this unbound fraction (e.g. in haemolytic disease of the newborn [erythroblastosis fetalis]) can lead to accumulation of unconjugated Bilirubin in the brain –> Kernicterus
–> Conjugated Bilirubin:
* Water-soluble
* Non-toxic
* Loosely bound to albumin
* Can be excreted in urine
* Bilirubin delta fraction: With prolonged conjugated hyper-bilirubinaemia, a portion of circulated pigment becomes covalently bound to albumin
state the 3 mechanisms that disrupt the clearance and production of Bilirubin -> which casue Unconjugated Hyper-bilirubinaemia
- Excessive extra-hepatic production of Bilirubin
- Reduced hepatocyte uptake
- Impaired conjugation
state the 2 mechanisms that disturb the clearance and production of Bilirubin -> which casue conjugated Hyper-bilirubinaemia
- Decreased hepatocellular excretion
- Impaired bile flow
cause of Crigler-Najjar Syndrome
Mutations in the UGT1A1 gene –> Deficient
bilirubin uridine diphosphate glucuronosyl transferase
(bilirubin-UGT) enzyme
Types of Crigler-Najjar Syndrome
– Type 1 (CN1): Very severe; no enzyme function; affected individuals can die in childhood due to Kernicterus
– Type 2 (CN2): Less severe; <20% of normal enzyme’s function; people with CN2 are less likely to develop Kernicterus, and most affected individuals survive into adulthood
CM of Crigler-Najjar Syndrome
– Jaundice , at birth or in infancy
– Severe unconjugated hyper-bilirubinaemia –> Kernicterus
*Kernicterus –> brain damage due to high levels of bilirubin in a baby’s blood
Clinical picture of babies with Kernicterus
- Extremely tired (lethargic)
- Weak muscle tone (hypotonia)
- Episodes of increased muscle tone (hypertonia) and arching of the backs
- Involuntary writhing movements of the body
(choreo-athetosis) - Hearing problems, or intellectual disability
casue of Dubin-Johnson Syndrome
Absence of the canalicular protein, multidrug
resistance protein 2 ([MRP2]–> (responsible for the transport of bilirubin glucuronides & related organic anions into bile)
patho of Dubin-Johnson Syndrome
Defect in hepatocellular excretion of
bilirubin glucuronides across the canalicular membrane
CM of Dubin-Johnson Syndrome
Chronic or recurrent Jaundice of
fluctuating intensity
- Macroscopic findings: Darkly pigmented liver
- Microscopic findings: Coarse pigmented granules within the cytoplasm of hepatocytes
Are the features of what type of Syndrome?
Dubin-Johnson Syndrome
cause of Rotor Syndrome
unknown
patho of Rotor Syndrome
Multiple defects in hepatocellular
uptake and excretion of Bilirubin pigments
CM of Rotor Syndrome
Jaundice, but otherwise
normal lives
Micro findings of Rotor Syndrome
Normal liver
cause of Cholestasis
Extra-hepatic or intra-hepatic obstruction of
bile channels or Defects in hepatocyte bile secretion
CM of Cholestasis
– Jaundice
– Pruritus
– Skin Xanthomas (focal accumulations of
Cholesterol)
Patho/Morphology:
1. Accumulation of Bile pigment within Hepatocytes –> fine, foamy appearnace (feathery degeneration)
2. Dilated canalicular spaces
3. Apoptotic cells
4. Kupffer cells with regurgitated bile
pigments (green-brown)
5. Bile ductular proliferation
6. Bile pigment retention
7. Swollen and degenerated Hepatocytes
–> There is also oedema and neutrophilic infiltrates
Feaures of what type of syndrome ?
Cholestasis
Factors that influence the development and severity of alcoholic liver disease (Renal Failure)
1) Gender: W>M
2) Ethnic differences
3) Genetic factors (Genetic polymorphisms in
detoxifying enzymes and some cytokine promoters)
4) Co-morbid conditions: Iron overload and infections (HBV and HCV) –> Increase in the severity of alcoholic liver disease
Complications of short-term alcohol consumption on the liver
mild, reversible Hepatic Steatosis
Macroscopic features:
– Large, heavy (4-6 kg) and soft liver (Hepatomegaly)
– Yellow and greasy organ
Microscopic findings:
– Micro-vesicular lipid droplets in hepatocytes
– Chronic alcohol intake:
* Clear macro-vesicular globules –> Compression and displacement of the hepatocyte nucleus to the cell periphery
* Fibrous tissue around terminal hepatic veins with
extension to adjacent sinusoids
Are the features of what type of Alcoholic liver disease?
Hepatic Steatosis (Fatty Liver Disease)
The 3 distinctive forms of Alcoholic liver disease
- Hepatic Steatosis (Fatty Liver Disease)
- Alcoholic Hepatitis
- Cirrhosis
Microscopic findings :
– Hepatocyte swelling (ballooning*) and necrosis
– Cholestasis and Haemosiderin deposition in
hepatocytes and Kupffer cells
– Mallory bodies: Eosinophilic cytoplasmic clumps in hepatocytes
– Neutrophilic infiltrates around degenerating
hepatocytes. Accumulation of lymphocytes and
macrophages within parenchyma
– Activation of sinusoidal stellate cells and portal
tract fibroblasts –> Fibrosis (mostly sinusoidal and
peri-venular)
Are the features of what type of Alcoholic liver disease?
Alcoholic Hepatitis
casues of Cirrhosis
– Chronic viral infections
– Alcoholic or Non-Alcoholic Steato-Hepatitis
– Autoimmune diseases
– Iron overload
Main characteristics:
1) Fibrous septa: Delicate bands or broad scars
around multiple adjacent nodules
2) Parenchymal nodules:
* Encircled by the fibrous septa
* Size: Small (<3mm) to large (>1cm)
* Hepatocytes within nodules (i. Pre-existent, long-lived, ii. Newly formed and capable of replication)
Are the Characteristics of what type of Alcoholic liver disease?
Cirrhosis
Morphology:
– Yellow-tan, fatty and enlarged liver (>2kg)
– Brown, shrunken, non-fatty organ (<1kg) [over the span of years]
– Regenerative activity of entrapped parenchymal
hepatocytes –> Uniform micro-nodules –> diffuse Nodularity
becomes more prominent –> Scattered larger nodules
(“hobnail” appearance on the surface of the liver)
– Engulfment of parenchymal islands by wide bands of
fibrous septa –> Mixed micro- & macro-nodular pattern
– Ischaemic necrosis and fibrous obliteration of nodules –> Development of broad expanses of tough, pale scar tissue (“Laennec Cirrhosis”)
Are the features of what type of Alcoholic liver disease?
Cirrhosis
Clinical features of Cirrhosis
– Anorexia
– Weight loss
– Weakness
– Frank debilitation (advanced disease)
– Incipient or Overt Hepatic Failure
Conditions with an end-result of Fatal Cirrhosis
- Progressive Liver Failure
- Portal Hypertension
- Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Morphology:
– Steatosis
– Multifocal parenchymal inflammation (neutrophils)
– Mallory bodies
– Hepatocyte death (balooning degeneration and apoptosis)
– Fibrosis (sinusoidal, but also within portal tracts and around terminal hepatic venules)
of what type of Non-alcoholic fatty liver syndrome?
Non-Alcoholic Steato-Hepatitis (NASH)
Types of NAFLD (non-alcoholic fatty liver disease)
– Simple Hepatic Steatosis
– Steatosis accompanied by minor non-specific
inflammation
– Non-Alcoholic Steato-Hepatitis (NASH)
What are the 2 sequential events of the “two-hit model of NAFLD pathogenesis
-
Hepatic fat accumulation
and -
Hepatic oxidative stress; The oxidative stress
acts upon the accumulated hepatic lipids,
resulting in lipid peroxidation and the release
of lipid peroxides, which can produce reactive
oxygen species (ROS)
Morphology:
Large (macro-vesicular) and small (micro-vesicular)
droplets of fat (predominantly triglycerides), within hepatocytes
Are the features of what type of NAFLD?
Steatosis