Liver pathology Flashcards
What are some risk factors for NASH?
Obesity
Diabetes
Metabolic syndrome
What do you screen for when cirrhosis is found?
Oesophageal varices
T/F Macrovescicular steatosis predisposes one to a high risk of cirrhosis
False, steatohepatitis is required for a high risk
What makes the nodules present in cirrhosis green?
Cholestasis
What histopathology is typical of acute viral hepatitis?
Lobular disarray - cell swelling, disordered plates, irregular sinusoids
Apoptosis
What attracts neutrophils in alcoholic hepatitis?
Mallory bodies
What diseases lead to cirrhosis?
All of the chronic liver diseases
- Chronic hepatitis
- Alcoholic liver disease
- NASH
- Chronic billary obstruction
- Drugs
- Metabolic disease
What do all diseases that lead to cirrhosis have in common?
Apoptosis and inflammation of hepatocytes
When is hepatic carcinoma in cirrhosis seen the most?
When there is underlying Hep B, C, alcoholic liver disease or haemachromatosis
What is the pathogenesis of portal hypertension due to cirrhosis?
Constriction of portal arteries and veins in response to increased blood flow
Hepatic vein direct compressed by fibrous bands
Loss of small vessels due to scar tissue
Shunts of hepatic arteries into portal veins
What is hepatic encephalopathy caused by?
Accumulation of ammonia in the brain
What other organs get cirrhosis?
None, cirrhosis is a term used purely for the liver
How do you differentiation ASH and NASH?
Clinical history
What is a councilman body?
A hepatocyte undergoing apoptosis
What is septa fibrosis the precursor for?
Cirrhosis
What is the greatest cause of portal hypertension?
Cirrhosis
Is hepatocellular ballooning due to water or lipid accumulation?
Water
What are the 4 feature of alcoholic hepatitis?
Mallory bodies
Fat vacuoles
Neutrophil infiltration
Swollen hepatocytes
What is the meaning of interface hepatitis?
Periportal inflammation
Describe the pathogenesis of cirrhosis
Chronic inflammation > Stellate cells act. into myofibroblast phenotype > Activated by cytokines from Kupffer cells > Produce collagen
What is a postsinusoidal cause of portal hypertension?
Thrombosis of hepatic veins
What are mallory bodies?
Collapsed cytoskeleton due to alcohol damage
What is macrovescicular steatosis caused by?
Increase synthesis of triglycerides or
Decrease in secretion of triglycerides
What are the three site of anastomosis where varices can occur in portal hypertension
Umbilicus
Oesophageal
Rectum
Which zone of hepatic lobules is most sensitive to toxic and ischaemic damage?
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