liver pathology Flashcards
Discuss the common non-infectious entities resulting in liver injury and their clinicopathological characteristics Compare and contrast the clinicopathological characteristics of primary biliary cirrhosis and primary sclerosing cholangitis Describe the clinicopathologic features of fulminant hepatic failure Describe the causes and clinical presentations associated with cirrhosis
massive liver necrosis inficates
acute liver failure
casues acute liver failure
drugs or viral hepatitis
signs of chronic liver failure
palmer erythema
apider angioma
hypogonadism/gynomastia in men
signs of acute liver failure
jaundice and encephalopathy, coaguopathy
retention of bile causes
jaundice
retention of bilirubin, bile salts and cholesterol
cholestasis
most common causes of jaundice
hepetitis, bile obstruction, hemolytic anemia
mild, fluctuating unconjugated hyperbilirubinmea - inborn
Gilbert
charecteristic of hepatic encephalopathy
flapping tremor
pathenogensis of hepatic encephalopathy
severe loss of hepatocellular function
shunting of blood from portal to systemic circulation around chronically diseased liver
causes hepatic encephalopathy in actute/chronic setting
ammonia/deranged NT production (especially GABA)
fibrosis and concersion of normal liver architecture into structuraly abnormal nodules
cirrhosis
fibrous septa and parachymal nodules
cirrhosis
pathogenesis process of cirrhosis
death of hepatocytes
extracellular matrix deposition
vascular reorg
anoerxia, weight loss, weakness may indicate
cirrohsis
fatal outcomes of liver cirrhosis
progressive liver failure
portal hypertension complications
hepatocellular carcinoma
signs of portal hypertension
ascites esophogeal varices splenomegaly caput medusae hemorroids
can cause massive and fatal bleeding in portal hypertension
esophogeal varices
most important agent that produces toxic liver injury
EtOH
clues of heppatopulmonary syndrome
eaiser breathing lying down, fall of arterial blood oxygen with upright posture
most common toxin leading to acute liver failure needed transplant
acetomenophen
type of hepititis with less inflammation and more hepatocyte death
acute
female, elevated IgG, high titwers of autoantiboodies and liver damage signs
autoimmune hepatitis
“chicken-wire fence” histology
non-alchoholic fatty liver disease