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A high yield review of
Liver & Gallbladder
Pathology
Tiffany M. Graham, M.D.
(Surgical Pathology/GI Fellow)
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The Basics
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Liver biopsy algorithm: A pattern based approach to the liver biopsy
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Liver Function Tests
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Benign Conditions
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Hepatitis
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Viral- Hep A, B, C, D, E + Other (CMV, HIV, etc)
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Other infectious- Parasitic, Bacterial, Fungal
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Granulomatous
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Acetaminophen-induced
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Alcohol-Induced
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Autoimmune
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Wilson's Disease
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Hemochromatosis
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Alpha 1 Anti-Trypsin Disease
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Liver Cysts
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Steatosis & Steatohepatitis
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Fibrosis & Cirrhosis
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Vascular Problems
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Budd Chiari Syndrome
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Heart failure
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Portal Hypertension
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Cholestasis & Jaundice
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Biliary Disease
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Primary Biliary Cholangitis (PBC)
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Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis (PSC)
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Neoplastic/Masses in the Liver
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Hepatic
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Focal Nodular Hyperplasia (Regenerative Nodule)
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Hepatocellular/Hepatic Adenoma
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Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC)
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Fibrolamellar HCC
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Hepatoblastoma
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Vascular
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Hemangioma & Angiosarcoma
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Biliary
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Von Meyenberg Complex
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Bile Duct Adenoma
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Biliary Adenofibroma
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Cholangiocarcinoma
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Neuroendocrine tumors
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Metastatic Tumors
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Liver Pathology Mindmap
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The Basics.
Portal tract = Branches of each of the following structures:
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Bile duct
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Hepatic artery
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Portal vein
Central vein = Hepatic vein --> IVC --> Right heart
The histology of the liver is typically described in one of two ways based on the arrangement of triads and central veins:
Liver Lobules
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Anatomic hexagons based on a central hepatic vein surrounded by portal tracts
Liver Acinar Structures
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Functional unit of the liver divided into zones based on the distance from a portal tract
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Zone 1= Nearest portal tract
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Receives the highest oxygen-rich blood
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Most often involved by VIRAL INFECTIONS and HEMOCHROMATOSIS
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Zone 2= intermediate zone between 1 and 3
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Zone 3= Nearest central (hepatic) vein
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Receive least oxygenated blood- more susceptible to ISCHEMIC INJURY
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Most of drug detoxification occurs here- more susceptible to ACETAMINOPHEN/DRUG TOXICITY
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Tips for [future]
Pathologists.
For a really good overview of how to approach a liver biopsy, be sure to check out these PathCast youtube videos featuring Dr. Emma Furth. Her logical approach and how she brings it back to the "big picture" really helps build the foundation you need when approaching the daunting Medical Liver Biopsy specimen. Kudos, Dr. Furth (if you ever check out this page- I'm a total fan!)
A Pattern-Based Approach
to the Liver Biopsy
Near-Normal Appearance
Portal Cellular Infiltrates
Ductular Reaction
Lobular Injury
Steatosis
Fibrosis
Mass or Cystic Lesion
Major patterns of pathology in medical liver:
(Click to learn more about each pattern)
How to sign out a medical liver explant
Example format for
Sign Out:
Liver, native, [core/wedge] biopsy:
- Portal findings:
- Lobular findings:
- Fibrosis.
- See comment.
Cancer Workup.
From WHO Classification of Tumours of the Digestive System, 4th Ed.- Algorithms for diagnosis of hepatobiliary tumors and cysts
DDx: Mass in a
non-cirrhotic liver
- Focal Nodular Hyperplasia
-Liver cell adenoma
-Hepatocellular carcinoma
Useful IHC Stains
From WHO Classification of Tumours of the Digestive System, 4th Ed.- Algorithms for diagnosis of hepatobiliary tumors and cysts