liver and pancreas syllabus: rbp(robbins basic pathology) chapters: the liver and the biliary tract...

Liver and pancreas

SYLLABUS:

RBP(Robbins Basic Pathology) Chapters:The Liver and the Biliary TractThe Pancreas

Liver and pancreas

182a Chronic cholecystitis228 Gall bladder carcinoma249 Metastatic carcinoma of the liver (small cell

carcinoma)230 Metastatic carcinoma of the liver (mucinous

carcinoma)254 Chronic hepatitis253 Liver cirrhosis (H&A, Masson)252 Miliary tuberculosis (liver)250 Hepatocarcinoma250a Cholangiocarcinoma246 Acute pancreatitis

Liver and pancreas

3 Acute hepatic congestion5 Chronic passive congestion of the liver17 Liver steatosis (H&E)18 Liver steatosis (Sudan III)43 Balser necrosis (enzymatic fat necrosis)186 Insuloma

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Acute hepatic congestion

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Chronic passive congestion of the liver

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Liver steatosis (H&E)

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Liver steatosis (Sudan III)

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Chronic hepatitis

Chronic persistent hepatitis (CPH) pattern:

- lymphocyte-predominant inflammation without:

- loss of hepatocytes immediately surrounding the portal region ("piecemeal necrosis")- more than slight fibrosis

Chronic active hepatitis (CAH) pattern:

- portal lymphocyte-predominant inflammation - piecemeal necrosis - inflammation extending outward beyond limiting plate of portal triad to involve periportal hepatocytes- some hepatocytes are simply entrapped by inflammation while others drop out (liquefaction necrosis)- acidophil cells (apoptotic) possible- eventually: bridging fibrosis and/or cirrhosis

Chronic hepatitis

Liver cirrhosis

- bridging fibrous septae in the form of delicate bands or broad scars linking portal tracts with one another and portal tracts with terminal hepatic veins

- parenchymal nodules containing proliferating hepatocytes encircled by fibrosis, with diameters varying from very small (<3 mm, micronodules) to large (several centimeters, macronodules)

- disruption of the architecture of the entire liver

Active cirrhosis:- piecemeal necrosis- extra-portal inflammation

Specific cause can sometimes be determined, (eg for viral infection, hemochromatosis, Wilson's disease, alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency, and alcohol, if alcoholic hepatitis present)

Liver cirrhosis

Liver cirrhosis (Masson stain)

Liver cirrhosis

Hepatocarcinoma

- range of appearances from hepatocytes with little atypia forming sinusoidal, trabecular, or possibly tubular structures (well-differentiated)...

- ... to highly atypical hepatocytes in sheets (poorly differentiated)

- complete loss of bile ducts and Kupffer cells

- little sclerosis

Hepatocarcinoma

Cholangiocarcinoma

- glands with cuboidal to columnar atypical and pleomorphic cells

- typical perineural and periductal growth pattern

- often desmoplastic stroma

- may contain signet cells

Cholangiocarcinoma

Metastatic carcinoma of the liver

microscopic features depend on the type of the primary tumor:

eg:

- small cell carinoma (lung)

- mucinous carcinoma (GI)

Metastatic carcinoma of the liver (small cell carcinoma)

Metastatic carcinoma of the liver (mucinous carcinoma)

Miliary tuberculosis (liver)

numerous small TB granulomas

Miliary tuberculosis (liver)

Chronic cholecystitis

(some use this diagnosis whenever gallstones are identified, whether chronic inflammation is seen or not, others require chronic inflammation)

- chronic inflammatory infiltration features

- Rokitansky's-Aschoff sinuses (diverticula with increased smooth muscle, related to chronic increase in lumenal pressure) usually present and may have associated bile granulomas

- possibly endarteritis obliterans

- „follicular cholecystitis”: same lesion with germinal centers in wall of gallbladder

Chronic cholecystitis

Gall bladder carcinoma

- neoplastic glands lined by highly atypical cuboidal cells

- desmoplastic stroma often forms concentric surrounding fibrosis

Gall bladder carcinoma

Acute pancreatitis

Depending on the phase and severity:

- acute inflammation

- edema

- fat necrosis

- small vessel thrombosis

- necrosis of acini

- hemorrhages

- extensive necrosis of both fat and parenchyma

Acute pancreatitis

Balser necrosis (enzymatic fat necrosis)

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Insuloma

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