normal structure of liver
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Normal structure of liver. Normal function of liver. Metabolic (glucose homeostasis…) Synthetic (albumin, coagulation factors) Storage (glycogen, triglycerides, Fe, Cu, vitamins soluble in fat) Catabolic (endogenous substances – hormones…, exogenous substances – drugs, alcohol…) - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Normal structure of liver
Normal function of liver
Metabolic (glucose homeostasis…) Synthetic (albumin, coagulation factors) Storage (glycogen, triglycerides, Fe, Cu, vitamins
soluble in fat) Catabolic (endogenous substances – hormones…,
exogenous substances – drugs, alcohol…) Excretoric (bile)
Histologic examination Necropsy Excision during laparotomy Fine needle punction Percutaneous punction biopsy • unguided• laparoscopic• guided (Sono, CT)• transjugular
Liver biopsy
Representativeness
Quality
Clinical data Diagnosis
Reproducibility
Representativeness
Biopsy represents approx. 1/500 000 of organ Ideal biopsy (Scheuer, MacSween) • 2 cm length• more than 4 (8) portal tracts Borderline representativeness• contact CLINICIAN!! Non-representative
QualityClinical data
Clear and sufficient • clinical outcome, history • etiology • biochemical findings, other markers (oncomarkers,
markers of autoimmunity…)• treatment• previous histology• preliminary diagnosis! Unclear • contact CLINICIAN!! Insufficient and confusing
Quality Diagnosis
Diagnosis• recent diagnostic praxis (grading and staging of chronic
hepatitis…)• recent diagnostic textbooks - contact CLINICIAN!! Methods• biopsy - contact CLINICIAN!! • immunohistochemistry, ELMI - contact CLINICIAN!! • experimental
Recently used diagnostic textbooks
Histologic examination – special stains and methods
Haematoxylin/eosin Fouchet – bile (green), collagen (red) Fe, Cu – Fe pigment, Cu pigment Gömori – reticulin mesh Orcein – HBsAg PAS, Müller – mucopolysaccharides Immunohistochemistry (HBsAg, HBcAg, a1
fetoprotein, CEA, hepatocytes – OCH1E5) ELMI (metabolic diseases) PCR (HBV DNA, HCV RNA,…)
Damage of hepatocytes
Type (ischemic-coagulation necrosis, piecemal necrosis, apoptosis)
Extent (monocellular, focal, submassive, massive, bridging: C-C; C-P)
Localization (centrolobular, periportal, midzonal) Course • regeneration, healing ad integrum• regeneration + fibrosis: cirrhosis• acute liver failure: coma and death
Liver failure
Jaundice Hypoalbuminemia Coagulopathy Hyperamonemia Increase of levels of cytosolic enzymes Endocrine complications Hepatoencephalopathy Hepatorenal syndrome Coma
Necrosis of liver: damage of hepatocytes
Cirrhosis
Nodular rearrangement Morphology • micronodular• macronodular
Cirrhosis: etiology
Alcohol (60-70%) Chronic hepatitis (10%) Cryptogenic (10-15%) Biliary (primary, secondary) Haemochromatosis (primary, secondary) Metabolic diseases (tyrosinemia, galactosemia) -very
rare
Cirrhosis: complications
Portal hypertension Liver failure Hepatocellular carcinoma
Portal hypertension
Prehepatic (tumor, infection, pancreatitis, pregnancy, peroral contraceptives)
Intrahepatic – most frequent (cirrhosis, fibrosis) Posthepatic (congestive cardiac failure, Budd-Chiari
syndrome, venoocclusive disease) Signs: • portosystemic shunts• splenomegaly• ascites
Cirrhosis
Cirrhosis
Cirrhosis
Cirrhosis + hepatocellular carcinoma
Cirrhosis: Masson staining
Cirrhosis: Fouchet staining
Cirrhosis
Cirrhosis: active
Cirrhosis: biliary
Dysplasia
Dysplasia
Hepatitis: etiology
Infectious (acute, chronic)• viruses (most often)• bacteria (TBC, malaria, salmonelosis, leptospirosis,…)• parazites (ecchinococcus)• protozoal (amebiasis) Non-infectious (acute, chronic)• autoimmune• metabolic• drug induced• cryptogenic
Viral hepatitis
HAV RNA Pikornavirus
HBV DNA Hepadnavirus
HDV RNA Defektní virus
Non A Non B
HCV RNA Flavivirus
HEV RNA Kalicivirus
HFV RNA Togavirus
HGV RNA Flavivirus
Viral hepatitis: HBV+HDV
Viral hepatitis: HBsAg, ground glass
Viral hepatitis: HBsAg, Orcein staining
Viral hepatitis: HBcAg, immunohistochemistry
Viral hepatitis: HBcAg, electron microscopy
Viral hepatitis: course
Acute (HAV, HBV, HCV, HDV, HEV) Chronic (HBV, HBV + HDV, HCV) • risk of cirrhosis development • risk of hepatocellular carcinoma development Fulminant (HBV, HCV)
Acute hepatitis
Gross finding – oedematous, red liver Microscopic finding • focal necrosis• bridging necrosis• panacinar/multiacinar necrosis• periportal necrosis Hepatocytes• polymorphism• balooning degeneration
Acute hepatitis
Inflammation• polynuclear/mononuclear infiltration • activation of Kupfer’s cells Other changes • cholestasis• damage of bile ducts Regeneration
Fulminant hepatitis
Gross finding - soft consistency Microscopic finding – complete necrosis of parenchyma Course • liver failure - coma - death • regeneration – postnecrotic cirrhosis
Acute hepatitis: HBV
Acute hepatitis
Acute hepatitis
Acute hepatitis
Acute hepatitis: regeneration
Fulminant hepatitis: HBV
Fulminant hepatitis: HBsAg, Orcein staining
Chronic hepatitis: etiology
HBV, HBV+HDV, HCV Autoimmune Drug induced Wilson’s disease a1 anti-trypsin deficiency Cryptogenic
Chronic hepatitis: clinical definition
Clinical symptoms of hepatitis more than: 6 months 12 months in HCV
Chronic hepatitis: morphology
Inflammation portal• periportal• lobular Necrosis/apoptosis• piecemal• bridging • focal Fibrosis Deposits (Cu, PAS globules,…)
Chronic hepatitis - portal + steatosis, HCV
Chronic hepatitis: portal
Chronic hepatitis: periportal
Chronic hepatitis: periportal
Chronic hepatitis: HCV, transition into the cirrhosis
Autoimmune chronic hepatitis
Females, young/middle age Autoantibodies – ANA, AMA Autoimmune „overlap“ syndromes• lupus erythematodes• arthritis
Autoimmune chronic hepatitis - ANA
Autoimmune chronic hepatitis - AMA
NASH: non-alcoholic steatohepatitis
Hepatomegaly Increase of aminotransferases Histological picture – similar to alcoholic hepatitis
without alcohol consumption • macrovesicular steatosis• lobular hepatitis and necrosis• balooning of hepatocytes• fibrosis
NASH: non-alcoholic steatohepatitis
Epidemiologic signs of NASH Females Obesity DM of II type, hyperglycaemia
NASH: non-alcoholic steatohepatitis
Diseases related to NASH Acquired metabolic diseases (obesity, DM,
hyperlipidemia, parenteral nutrition) Inherited metabolic diseases (Wilson’s disease,
abetalipoproteinaemia, tyrosinaemia) Surgery (jejunoileal bypass, extensive resections of
small intestine...) Drugs, toxins (amiodarone, glucocorticoids, tamoxifen,
synthetic estrogens…)
Toxic and drug induced liver damage
Anorganic substances Organic substances Industrial and plant substances Poisons/venoms Drugs Alcohol
Toxic and drug induced liver damage: effect
Expectable Non-expectable (idiosyncratic)
Toxic and drug induced liver damage : forms
Necrosis Steatosis• macrovesicular (alcohol, corticoids)• microvesicular (tetracyklin, aspirine) Cholestasis (steroids-anabolic, contraceptives) Hepatitis mild (aspirin, synthetic penicilines) Hepatitis serious (halotan) Chronic periportal hepatitis (sulphonamides)
Toxic and drug induced liver damage : forms
Granulomatous hepatitis (phenylbutazone) Vascular lesions (contraceptives, cytostatics) Hyperplasia, neoplasia (contraceptives)
Alcoholic Liver Disease (ALD)
Steatosis (90%) Fibrosis (perivenular, pericellular) Steatofibrosis Alcoholic hepatitis Alcoholic cirrhosis Mallory hyaline Cholestasis Siderosis Hepatocellular carcinoma Dif.dg: NASH
Alcoholic Liver Disease (ALD) : steatosis
Alcoholic Liver Disease (ALD) : steatosis
Alcoholic Liver Disease (ALD) : steatofibrosis
Alcoholic Liver Disease (ALD) : cholestasis
Alcoholic Liver Disease (ALD) : Mallory hyaline
Alcoholic Liver Disease (ALD) : Mallory hyaline
Alcoholic Liver Disease (ALD) : steatohepatitis
Alcoholic Liver Disease (ALD) : steatohepatitis
Alcoholic Liver Disease (ALD) : steatohepatitis, cholestasis, Mallory hyaline
Metabolic liver disease
Haemochromatosis Wilson’s disease a1 anti-trypsin deficiency Glycogenoses
Haemochromatosis
Excessive accumulation of iron in parenchymatous organs
Primary (idiopatic), secondary Cirrhosis, diabetes mellitus, pigmentation of skin Dif.dg. of brown pigment within the liver• Fe (haemochromatosis)• Cu (Wilson’s disease)• lipopigment (brown atrophy of liver, lipopigment
dystrophy)
Haemochromatosis
Haemochromatosis
Haemochromatosis
Brown atrophy of liver: dif.dg.
Wilson’s disease
Hepatolenticular degeneration Low levels of ceruloplasmin Increase of Cu in liver and urine Morphology• steatosis• acute hepatitis• chronic hepatitis• glycogen nucleus (also typical in DM)• increased amount of Cu pigment
Wilson’s disease : Cu pigment
Wilson’s disease/DM: glycogen nucleus
Wilson’s disease/DM: glycogen nucleus
a1 anti-trypsin deficiency
Low levels of a1AT (inhibitor of proteases) Emphysema of lungs Liver changes (cholestasis, cirrhosis)• PAS positive acidophilic globular inclusions in the
cytoplasm • ELMI – complementary diagnosis
Circulatory disorders of the liver
Disorders of arterial system Disorders of portal system Disorders of venous system Disorders of lobular system
Disorders of arterial system
Infarct of the liver Rare Thrombosis, compression, obliteration of a. hepatis
branch (polyarteritis nodosa,…) Pale Dif.dg.: • Zahn infarct (occlusion of intrahepatic branch of v.
portae): no necrosis, local congestion of sinusoids and secondary atrophy
Liver infarct
Disorders of portal system
Thrombosis and occlusion of v.portae Extrahepatal (phlebitis, pancreatitis, surgery, trauma) Intrahepatal (invasion of tumor)
Thrombosis of v.portae
Disorders of venous system
Thrombosis of hepatic veins (Budd-Chiari syndrome)• causes: polycytemia vera, pregnancy, contraceptives,
intraabdominal malignant tumors, hepatocellular carcinoma
• centrilobular necrosis and congestion, fibrosis Venoocclusive disorder• complication of bone marrow transplantation (5-25%) –
chemotherapy, radiotherapy• Bush-tea (pyrrolizidine alcaloids)• obliteration of hepatic veins – subendothelial
accumulation of colagen and reticulin, perivenular fibrosis, perivenular hemosiderin
Budd-Chiari
Disorders of lobular system
Occlusion of sinuses• eclampsy• Sickle cell anaemia Systemic circulation• passive congestion• centrilobular necrosis• nutmeg liver (venostasis/steatosis)
Congestion
Pathology of intrahepatal bile ducts
Secondary biliary cirrhosis (SBC) Primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC)
SBC
Obstruction of extrahepatal bile ducts: atresia, lithiasis, tumor, iatrogenic
Striking cholestasis
PBC
Autoimmune (AMA), Majority of females Coincidency: Sjögren sy., arthritis, thyreoiditis,
vasculitis,.. Hepatomegaly, 4 stages • I - granulomatous destruction of ducts• II - ductular proliferation and periportal hepatitis• III - scarring, necrosis, septal fibrosis• IV - cirrhosis
PSC
Autoimmune (ANA) Inflammation and obliterative fibrosis of bile ducts Coincidency: IBD (Inflammatory Bowel Disease –
ulcerative colitis, m.Crohn)
PBC: I.stage
PBC: I.stage
PBC: II.stage
PBC: III.stage
Patology of liver during pregnancy
Preeclampsy/eclampsy• HELLP syndrome: Hemolysis, Elevated Liver enzymes,
Low Platelets• fibrin within the sinusoids• hematomas (fatal rupture of liver) Acute microvesicular steatosis during pregnacy (third
trimester) Cholestasis during pregnancy (third trimester)
Transplantation
Liver disorders related to bone marrow transplantation Liver disorders related to liver transplantation
Liver disorders related to bone marrow transplantation
Time Cause
Before transplantation
Viral hepatitisTumor infiltration
Day 0-25 Drug related damageVenoocclusive disease
Day 25-100 Acute GVHD (destruction of bile ducts, endothelitis, necrosis of hepatocytes)Opportune infections
Day 100- Chronic GVHD (involvement of portal tracts, destruction of bile ducts, endothelitis)Viral hepatitisFulminant hepatitis („rebound“ phenomenona)
Liver disorders related to liver transplantation
Time Cause
1. week Acute rejection (necrosis, inflammation)Technical complication (vascular anastomoses…)Non-functionality (primary)
2. week-2. month Opportune infectionsAcute rejectionDrug related damage
2. month - Chronic vascular rejection (vasculitis)Vanishing bile ducts syndrome Viral hepatitis
Tumors of liver
Tumor-like lesion Benign tumors Malignant tumor
Tumor-like lesions Focal nodular hyperplasia Nodular regeneratory hyperplasia (lack of fibrosis) Cysts Hamartoma (von Meyenburg complex) Inflammatory pseudotumor
Nodular regeneratory hyperplasia
Benign tumors
Adenoma• hepatocellular (lack of portal tracts!)• cholangiogenic (lack of bile production, less than 1cm,
subcapsular) Haemangioma• subcapsular • cavernous• bleeding risk during punction!
Cavernous haemangioma
Malignant tumors
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)• subvariant – fibrolamelar carcinoma Cholangiogenic carcinoma (lack of bile production)• peripherial• extrahepatal -Klatskin tumor Hepatoblastoma (embryonal, teratoid,…) Angiosarcoma, malignant haemangioendothelioma Metastases (most often) • GIT, lung, kidney
HCC
HCC
HCC
HCC
Cholangiogenic carcinoma
Biliary system: cholelithiasis
10-20% of population Cholesterol concrements (females, obesity, steroids,
hyperlipidemia) Pigmented/bilirubine concrements (biliary infection,
haemolysis) Blockage of bile ducts (acute cholangoitis, sepsis,
biliary cirrhosis, pancreatitis) Irritation of gallbladder (cholecystitis, carcinoma) Valve-like blockage (hydrops) Perforation, fistula
Cholecystolithiasis
Cholecystolithiasis
Cholecystitis Acute• empyema of gallbladder• gangrenous cholecystitis• acalculous cholecystitis (postoperative, trauma, burns,
sepsis,…) Chronic• fibroproduction (thickening of the wall, adhesion)• chronic inflammmation• dystrophic calcification (risk of carcinoma development)• hydrops
Chronic cholecystitis
Carcinoma of gallbladder
Adenocarcinoma Infiltrating Exophytic Early invasion into the liver – poor prognosis!
Carcinoma of gallbladder
Other disorders of biliary system
Atresia of bile ducts (rapid progression, uncelar etiopathogenesis, cirrhosis)
Cholesterolosis (strawberry gallbladder) Choledocholithiasis (risk of ascendent cholangoitis,
intrahepatic abscess and sepsis, risk of biliary cirrhosis)
Tumors of papilla Vateri (ampuloma, periampular carcinoma – difficult diagnosis)
Exocrine pancreas: acute pancreatitis
Causes• cholelithiasis, alcohol, surgery, trauma, • idiopathic Most serious form• acute haemorrhagic necrotizing pancreatitis Morphology• nekrosis of pancreas• nekrosis of fat tissue (steatocytonecrosis, Balzer’s necrosis)• haemorrhagy Complication, healing• abscesses• pseudocysts• duodenal obstruction• multiorgan failure
Pancreatonecrosis
Pancreatonecrosis
Steatocytonecrosis: omentum
Steatocytonecrosis: omentum
Exocrine pancreas: chronic pancreatitis
Causes• alcohol, hyperlipidemia, hypercalcemia, hereditary Morphology• fibrosis• reduction of acines• obstruction of ducts• chronic inflammatory infiltration (lymphocytes, plasmocytes) Complications• calcifications, pseudocysts, thrombosis v . lienalis• diabetes• steatorrhea• jaundice
Chronic pancreatitis
Exocrine pancreas: tumors
Cystic tumors (5%)• mucinous cystadenoma• mucinous cystadenocarcinoma Carcinoma of pancreas• Adenocarcinoma, various degree of differentiation • Head (early diagnosis - jaundice), body, tail (difficult
diagnosis, late detection) • Often - fibroproduction (dif.dg. chron.pancreatitis)• Trosseau syndrome – migratory thrombophlebitis in 10%
Carcinoma of pancreas
Carcinoma of pancreas
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