Pathology of Digestive System Flashcards
area that is best nourished
Periportal area
least nourished area in the liver
central vein
most common response of the hepatocyte to injury
hepatocyte vacuolar change (fatty change)
caused by toxins where the cells continue to enlarge but do not undergo mitosis
megalocytosis
regenerative doublets is common in what conditions
Pyrrolizidine alkaloid toxicosis, aflatoxicosis
result of hepatocellular injury that resulted in the liver’s inability to use bile
cholestasis
end result of failure of bile excretion
jaundice or icterus
condition is seen due to ammonia retention and retention of toxic amines normally removed from the portal blood by the liver
hepatic encephalopathy
Give one sequella of hepatic encephalopathy
Formation of ammonium biurate calculi in kidney
most common pattern of necrosis in liver
Centrilobular hepatic necrosis
Etiologic agent of periportal necrosis
Carbon tetrachloride, Blue-green algae
True or False.
In spite of its high degree of differentiation, the liver retains to an almost embryonic degree the capacity to regenerate itself
True
What determines whether regeneration of the liver successful?
- Adequate blood supply
- Free drainage of bile
- Intact FIBROUS RETICULAR CONNECTIVE TISSUE
If regeneration is NOT successful, what is the primary concern for another general reaction of the liver to injury
Fibrosis
common term for focal INTERSTITIAL HEPATITIS due to the migration of ASCARIS SUUM in pigs
milk spots
What is the frequent end result of hepatic damage
Fibrosis
undesirable sequelae of extensive fibrosis and regeneration characterized by nodular regeneration combined with fibrosis that alters the normal hepatic architecture
Cirrhosis
deposition within the space of Disse will disrupt hepatic function
collagen
third reaction of the liver to injury
bile duct hyperplasia
hepatic nodular hyperplasia is a common lesion of
older dogs
grossly appear as tan foci on the surface of liver that does not extend into the parenchyma when incised
autolysis of liver
Liver is friable and softer, claylike and with formation of putrefactive gases, and smells bad.
autolytic liver
common finding in animals that have been hit by a car accident or by blunt force trauma
hepatic rupture
diagnostic feature for Infectious Canine Hepatitis
Intranuclear inclusion bodies
bacteria which cause abortion in sheep, present round target-like foci or spots on the liver during necrosis of fetus
Campylobacter fetus, C. jejuni
etiologic agent of necrobacillosis
Fusobacterium necrophorum
observed following omphalophlebitis in lambs and calves
Fusobacterium necrophorum infection of the liver
etiologic agent of focal Interstitial Hepatitis in pigs
Ascaris suum
condition seen in bovine livers with capsular fibrous adhesions
Tension lipidosis
present in doberman as BOTH the lesion diagnosis and the disease followed by viral infection and idiosyncratic drug reactions
Chronic active hepatitis
individual and small groups of hepatocytes are isolated by fine, fibrous septa and small groups of inflammatory cells
piecemeal necrosis
chronic inflammation of the portal tracts, extending into the periportal parenchyma, obliterating first the limiting plate and then more distant hepatocytes
chronic active hepatitis