Liver Path VI Flashcards
wilson disease
auto recessive - impaired excretion of cupper
accumulates in liver, brain, eyes
age 5-15yo
kayser fleischer rings
wilson disease - copper overload
diagnosis of wilson disease
low serum ceruloplasmin - screening
increased urine copper - specific
liver biopsy
tx of wilson disease
chelation or transplant for cirrhosis
ATP7B
wilson disease
ATP7A
mencke
brittle hair - death - no Cu absorption
menke
no Cu absorption
- brittle hair
- death
steatosis
can occur in wilson disease
rhondanine stain
copper stain
for wilson diseas
diagnosis of wilson disease
kayser-fleischer ring - of eye
copper deposition
basal ganglia lesions
wilson disease
globus pallidus
alpha1 antitrypsin deficiency
auto recessive
protein accumulate in hepatocyte inducing apoptosis
also - neutrophil elastase - emphysema of lung
worse with smoking
diagnosis of alpha-1 antitrypsin
serum protein electrophoresis
low alpha-1 band
PAS stain
alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency
neonatal cholestasis
alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency
biliary atresia
idiopathic
intrahepatic biliary tract disease
biliary cirrhosis
sclerosing cholangitis
anomalies of biliary tree
extrahepatic biliary tract disease
large duct obstruction - lead to second biliary cirrhosis if prolonged
primary biliary cirrhosis
progressive cholestatic liver disease
-destruction of small to medium bile ducts
AMA against PCD_E2
AMA against PCD-E2 in small bile duct of hering canal
with primary biliary cirrhosis
primary biliary cirrhosis clinical
middle aged women
pruritis, late jaundice