Medical liver disease
This article deals with medical liver disease. An introduction to the liver and approach is found in the liver article.
Every differential in liver pathology has "drugs"[1] -- if it isn't clearly malignancy.
Liver neoplasms are dealt with in the liver neoplasms article.
Medical liver biopsies are often non-specific, as the liver has the same appearance for many mechanisms of injury, especially when the injury is marked. The clinical history, serology and imaging are essential for proper interpretations in this domain of pathology.
Review of liver blood work
Inflammation activity
- ALT.
- AST.
Cholestatic markers
- ALP.
- GGT - used to assess whether the ALP is an "honest" value, elevated in cirrhosis.
Cirrhosis/decompensation
- PLT - low is suggestive of dysfunction.
- INR - high is bad, unless anticoagulated.
Other
- Bilirubin.
- Direct (AKA conjugated).
- Indirect (AKA unconjugated).
A short DDx of elevated:[2]
- Indirect:
- Gilbert syndrome.
- Crigler-Najjar syndrome type 1.
- Crigler-Najjar syndrome type 2.
- Direct:
- Rotor syndrome.
- Dubin-Johnson syndomre.
Viral hepatitis
- HBV DNA.
- HCV RNA.
- HBs Ag, HBs Ab, HBe Ag, HBe Ab.
- HCV Ab.
Others:
- Epstein-Barr virus (EBV).
- Cytomegalovirus (CMV) - especially in the immune incompetent.
Hepatitis B
Meaning & utility of the various Hepatitis B tests:[3][4]
Test name | Location | Positive test | Negative test | Usual question |
---|---|---|---|---|
HBs Ag | Surface | Virus active | No active infection | Active infection? |
HBs Ab | Surface | Exposed OR vaccinated | No exposure OR no vaccine OR loss of Ab | Immunization status? |
HBe Ag | Virus core | Infect. w/ viral replication | No active infection | Active infect. w/ viral replication? |
HBe Ab | Virus core | Exposed to virus | Infect. w/o antibody response OR not exposed | Immune response to infection? |
HBV DNA | - | Active | Not active/no exposure | Viral load/how active? |
HBc Ab | Virus core | Virus active/previous exposure | No exposure | Early active infection? |
Notes:
- HBc Ab may test for acute (IgM) or chronic infection - dependent on specific antibody test; it is often used to look for early infection.[4]
- Carriers of hepatitis B: HBs Ag +ve, HBs Ab -ve, HBc Ag -ve, HBc Ab +ve, HBe Ag -ve, HBe Ab +ve.[5]
Markers for rare liver diseases
- Ceruloplasm - low think Wilson's disease; typical value for Wilson's ~ 0.12 g/L.
- <0.20 g/L is a criteria for Wilson's disease.[6]
- Alpha-1 antitrypsin - if low think deficiency.
Hemosiderosis
- Ferritin - high.
- Iron saturation - high.
Causes:
- Hemochromatosis.
- Hemolysis, chronic.
- Cirrhosis.
Medical imaging
Blood flow:[7]
- Hepatopedal flow = normal portal vein flow.
- Hepatofugal flow = reversed portal vein flow.
Interventional measurements
Wedged to free hepatic venous pressure:[8]
- Normal = 1-4 mmHg.
- Elevated in portal hypertension.
Liver biopsy
Medical liver biopsy adequacy
Liver biopsy specimens should be:[9]
- 2.0 cm in length and contain 11-15 portal tracts,
- The core should be deeper than 1.0 cm from the liver capsule; specimens close to the capsule may lead to over grading of fibrosis.
Reporting
Specimen, procedure: - Diagnosis.
The diagnosis usually contains grading and staging information, e.g. activity 2 /4, Laennec fibrosis stage 1 /4.
In the context of medical liver disease:
- Grade = inflammation/activity.
- Stage = severity of fibrosis/architectural changes.
Notes:
- The term "acute" is infrequently used in liver pathology.
- In the liver: neutrophils is not acute -- unlike most elsewhere in the body.[10]
A microscopic checklist
Size of biopsy: Adequate Fragmentation: Absent Fibrosis: Stage 2-3/4, mostly stage 2 Fibrous septa: Present Septa with curved contours: Present – focally only Large droplet steatosis (% of hepatocytes): Present, moderate 60% Ballooning of hepatocytes: Present, rare Mallory-Denk bodies: Present, rare Portal inflammation: Present Interface activity: Minimal (0-1/4) Lobular necroinflammation: Minimal Ducts: Present in normal numbers Duct injury: Absent Ductular reaction: Absent Cholestasis: Absent Terminal hepatic venules: Present Iron stain: Absent Ground glass cells with routine stains: Absent PASD for alpha-1 antitrypsin droplets: Negative
Viral hepatitis
These are common. The diagnoses are based on serology. The serology is covered in the viral hepatitis section in the liver pathology article.
Typically classified as:[11][12]
- Acute < 6 months duration.
- Chronic > 6 months duration.
Hepatitis A
- Infection is self-limited, i.e. not persistent.
- May present as fulminant hepatic necrosis.
- Usually asymptomatic in children.[13]
- Serology is diagnostic.
Hepatitis B
- Hepatitis B virus, abbreviated HBV, redirects here.
Hepatitis C
General
- Leads to hepatocellular carcinoma in the setting of cirrhosis.
- Tends to be chronic; the "C" in "hepatitis C" stands for chronic.
- Diagnosis is by serology.
Associated pathology:
Microscopic
Features:
- Lobular inflammation - this is non-specific finding.
- Usually Grade 1, rarely Grade 2 and almost never Grade 3 or Grade 4.[14]
- Periportal steatosis in genotype 3.[15]
- Steatosis in hepatitis C is usually a secondary pathology, i.e. a separate pathologic process.[16]
Images
Metavir activity index 1 (Piecemeal necrosis 0-1, Lobular necrosis 1), Metavir fibrosis stage 2. Hepatitis C genotype 1a. Expanded, dark triads (UL blue arrowhead). Focus of spotty necrosis (UR green arrowhead). Reticulin shows occasional, equivocal foci of piecemeal necrosis, with a thin black line possibly encircling a hepatocytes (LL yellow arrowhead); the activity index is unaffected by the difference in piecemeal necrosis score. Trichrome shows portal fibrosis with extension outside area of blood vessels (LR purple arrowhead) Original oculars UL 2X, UR 20X, LL 40X, LR 40X | |
Metavir activity index 2 (Piecemeal necrosis 2, Lobular necrosis 1). Hepatitis C genotype 3a. Steatosis, not pan-acinar and dark, expanded triads(UL) with the inset showing a Councilman body. Reticulin collapse, not portal-central (UR green arrowhead). Reticulin with more than focal piecemeal necrosis in some triads/tracts (LL magenta arrowheads) Trichrome stain of a tract (the entire structure may be a large bridge) with thinner bridges (LR cyan arrowheads).
Original oculars. UL 4X (inset 40X with higher magnification), UR 20X, LL 40X, LR 10X | |
Metavir activity index 3 (Piecemeal necrosis 2, Lobular necrosis 2), Metavir fibrosis stage 4. Hepatitis C genotype 1a. Inflamed bands separate hepatocyte regions distorted by steatosis (UL). Bordering tract and acini (UR) lymphocytes, macrophages, eosinophils, and rare neutrophils (black arrowhead) invest both proliferated bile ducts (yellow arrowheads) and hepatocytes, some showing ballooning degeneration (green arrowhead). Reticulin shows hepatocyte cords often two nuclei thick bounded by directionless sinusoids, consistent with a regenerative nodule (LL). Trichrome shows extensive bridging with a potential flattened nodule; although a debate about the presence or absence of definite fibrosis would have existed, with the Metavir scoring system, this is considered fibrosis stage 4 (LR).
Original oculars UL 4X, UR 40X, LL 20X, LR 10X |
DDx:
- Hepatitis B (without ground glass hepatocytes).
- Autoimmune hepatitis.
- Primary biliary cirrhosis without granulomas.
- Drug reaction.
Other infections
- Hydatid disease (Hydatid cyst).
- Ascaris.
- Fasciola
Hydatid disease
- AKA hydatid cyst.
General
- Etiology: Echinococcus.
Microscopic
Features:
- Laminated wall +/- calcification.[17]
- Organisms -- see Echinococcus.
Images
www:
Abscess
Abscess. A process replaces most of the liver parenchyma (UL 20X). Fibrinopurulent exudate apposes granulation tissue (UR 200X). Neutrophils lie in widened sinusoids (LL 200X).Trichrome shows collagenization of spaces of Disse. Scarring about an abscess or other mass lesion should not be interpreted as reflective of the liver in general (LR 200X).
Coccidiomycosis
Coccidiomycosis Table show GRAN-COC
Note the granulomas in otherwise undisturbed liver (UL), the larger prior granuloma with centrally crowded cells & lady slipper macrophage nuclei (UR), the center of the granuloma with pyknotic macrophage nuclei "necrotizing" (LL), and the organisms on GMS stain (LR).
Metabolic and toxic
Alcoholic liver disease
General
- Acute and/or chronic liver changes due to excessive alcohol use - includes:
Classic lab findings in EtOH abusers
- AST & ALT elevated with AST:ALT=2:1.
- GGT elevated.
- MCV increased.
Gross pathology/radiologic findings
- Classically micronodular pattern.
- May be macronodular.
Microscopic
See:
- Steatohepatitis section and ballooning degeneration section.
Features:
- Often zone III damage.
- Cholestatsis common, i.e. yellow staining.
- NASH (non-alcoholic steatohepatitis) usu. does not have cholestasis.[20]
- Fibrosis starts at central veins.
- Neutrophils (often helpful) -- few other things have PMNs. (???)
- Neutrophils cluster around cells with Mallory hyaline.
Images
Cirrhosis in a person with alcohol abuse. At low power bands separate hepatocyte regions (UL). Higher power at left shows isles of hepatocytes, some ballooned; at right, hepatocytes with many lumens, at lower power perhaps suggesting steatosis, here evidencing regeneration (UL). Focus of spotty necrosis (UR). PAS-D stain showing extensive benign bile duct proliferation, overall localized, with red rimd (LL). Trichrome shows fibrosis about nodules (LR).
Original oculars UL 4X, UR 20X, LL 40X, LR 10X |
Alcoholic hepatitis without cirrhosis. No history of viral disease. AMA negative. Expanded, inflamed triads with increased bile duct/vascular openings. Mild steatosis (UL 40X). Trichrome stain shows periportal fibrosis [red arrowheads] (UR 200X). PAS with diastase stain shows proliferated bile ductules [blue arrowheads] in stroma with mixed inflammatory infiltrate (LL 400X) Neutrophils about ballooned hepatocyte (satellitosis) [yellow arrowheads]. Councilman bodies [green arrowheads] (LR 400X).
Notes:
- If portal inflammatory infiltrates more than mild, r/o other causes i.e. viral hepatitis.
- Mallory bodies once thought to be characteristic; now considered non-specific and generally poorly understood.[21]
- Some consider alcoholic liver disease a clinical diagnosis, i.e. as a pathologist one does not diagnose it.[22]
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
- Abbreviated NAFLD.
- Fatty liver that is not due to alcohol; includes obesity-related fatty liver, metabolic disease/diabetes-related fatty liver.
NASH
- Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis - see steatohepatitis section.
- Histologically indistinguishable from ASH.
- NASH is a clinical diagnosis based on exclusion of alcohol.
Steatohepatitis
Autoimmune
Autoimmune hepatitis
- Abbreviated AIH.
Primary biliary cirrhosis
- Abbreviated PBC.
Autoimmune hepatitis-primary biliary cirrhosis overlap syndrome
- Abbreviation AIH-PBC OS.
General
Epidemiology:
- Rare.
Serology:[23]
- AMA +ve.
- Anti-dsDNA +ve.
Microscopic
Primary sclerosing cholangitis
- Abbreviated PSC.
Hereditary
Caroli disease
General
- Genetic disease.
- Frequently associated with autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease (ARPKD).[24]
- May be seen in isolation.[25]
Clinical:[26]
- Recurrent cholangitis.
- Recurrent cholelithiasis.
- Cholangiocarcinoma[27] - seen in ~7% of cases.[28]
Note:
- Caroli syndrome = Caroli disease + congenital hepatic fibrosis.[29]
Gross
- Dilated bile ducts.[24]
Microscopic
Features:[26]
- Dilated bile ducts.
- Periductal fibrosis. (???)
- +/-Fibrosis.
Image:
Hereditary hemochromatosis
- For secondary causes see secondary hemochromatosis.
Wilson disease
Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency
- AKA alpha1-antiprotease inhibitor deficiency.
Other
Budd-Chiari syndrome
- AKA hepatic vein obstruction.
General
- Hepatic outflow obstruction.
Clinical triad:[31]
- Ascites.
- Abdominal pain.
- Hepatomegaly.
Etiology:
- ~50% have a myeloproliferative disease.[32]
- May be due to mass effect from a tumour.
Clinical DDx:
Microscopic
Features:[33]
- Sinusoidal dilation in zone III (congestion).
- +/-Hepatocyte drop-out.
- +/-Centrilobular fibrosis.
DDx congestion:
- Congestive heart failure (congestive hepatopathy).
- Constrictive pericarditis.
Vanishing bile duct syndrome
General
- Fatal.
DDx:[35]
- Primary biliary cirrhosis.
- Primary sclerosing cholangitis.
- GVHD.[36]
- Drugs.[37]
- Chronic rejection.[34]
Microscopic
Features:[35]
- Loss of intrahepatitic bile ducts - key feature.
- Cholestasis.
Note:
- May occur without fibrosis and inflammation; thus, can be easy to miss.
IHC
- CK7 -ve.
- Marks bile ducts.
Extrahepatic biliary obstruction
Changes of extrahepatic biliary obstruction, months duration. Expanded inflamed portal triads, swollen hepatocytes (UL 40X). Edematous stroma, proliferating ductules [yellow arrowheads], PAS-D macrophages [red arrowhead] (UR PAS with diastasse, 200X). Disordered, often swollen hepatocytes,some with feathery degeneration (net like spaces in cytoplasm) [blue arrowhead], rare Councilman body [green arrowhead] (LL 400X). Bile in hepatocytes [cyan arrrowhead] & in canaliculi [purple arrowheads]. Empty acinar spaces bounded by hepatocytes [orange arrowhead] (LR 400X).
Congestive hepatopathy
General
- Liver failure due to (right) heart failure.
- AKA cardiac cirrhosis - a term used by clinicians.
- Generally, it does not satisfy pathologic criteria for cirrhosis.[38]
Gross
- "Nutmeg" liver - yellow spotted appearance.
Microscopic
Features:[39]
- Zone III atrophy.
- Portal venule (central vein) distension.
- Perisinusoidal fibrosis - progresses to centrilobular fibrosis and then diffuse fibrosis.
- Dilation of sinusoids in all zone III areas - key feature.[40]
DDx:
- Hemangioma of the liver - should be focal lesion.
Images
Centrilobular necrosis (seen in circulatory failure and with toxins/drugs). PAS without diastase shows ovoids of necrosis {UL 40X). Necrosis with central vein [yellow arrowhead], inflammatory cells, residual Councilman body [green arrowhead], and hepatocyte with mitotic figure [red arrowhead] (UR 400X). Trichrome highlights fibrosis about central vein [yellow arrowhead] & shows beginning scar formation [green arrowheads]. Note residual atrophic hepatocytes [blue arrowheads] (LL 400X). Portal triads are largely unaffected (LR 400X)
Drug-induced liver disease
- AKA drug-induced liver toxicity.
Focal nodular hyperplasia
- Abbreviated FNH.
Nodular regenerative hyperplasia
General
- Associated with renal transplants, bone marrow transplants and vasculitides.[41]
- Can lead to portal hypertension and many of the associated complications.[42]
Etiology
- Arterial hypervascularity secondary to loss of hepatic vein radicles (loss of central venule in hepatic lobule).[41]
ASIDE: radicle = ramulus - smallest branch or vessel or nerve.[43]
Gross
- Diffuse nodularity - whole liver.
Microscopic
Features:[41]
- "Plump" hepatocytes surrounded by atrophic ones.
- No fibrosis.
Sinuosoidal obstruction syndrome
- May be referred to as Hepatic veno-occlusive disease.[44]
General
Clinical DDx:
Microscopic
Features:[33]
- Subendothelial swelling in hepatic venules.
Negatives:
- No thrombosis.
Ascending Cholangitis
General
- Term for infection of bile ducts, usually due to obstruction
Clinical DDx:
Microscopic
Images
Ascending cholangitis. Edematous triads, leukocyte speckled (UL), are expanded amid relatively undisturbed hepatocytes. Neutrophils lie within epithelium of proliferated bile ducts (UR). LL Acute inflammation spills out from some triads into the acini (LL). PAS with diastase stain (LR) better shows bile duct damage, with partial loss of the red line surrounding ducts & disorder of nuclei, as well as highlighting intra-epithelial neutrophils.
Original oculars. UL 4X, UR 40X, LL 40X, LR 40X |
Polycystic kidney disease and the liver
General
Complications of PKD in the liver:[46]
- Infected cyst.
- Cholangiocarcinoma.
- Cholestasis/obstruction due to duct compression.[47]
Cysts:
- Cysts in the liver, like the kidney, are thought to enlarge with age.
Microscopic
Features:[48]
- Von Meyenburg complexes (bile duct hamartoma):
- Cluster of dilated ducts with "altered" bile.
- Surrounded by collagenous stroma.
- Separate from the portal areas.[49]
Images:
Notes:
Peliosis hepatis
General
- Associated with:
- Infections.
- Malignancy.
- Other stuff.
- Rarely biopsied.
Microscopic
Features:
- Cyst lined by endothelium.
- Usu. incomplete.
- Blood.
Total parenteral nutrition
- Abbreviated TPN.
General
- Indication: short gut syndrome, others.
Microscopic
Variable - may range from: steatosis, steatohepatitis, cholestasis, fibrosis and cirrhosis.[52]
- Steatosis (periportal) - early.
- Cholestasis - late.
Giant cell hepatitis
- AKA neonatal giant cell hepatitis.
- See: Giant cell hepatitis.
Hepatic amyloidosis
General
- Diffuse abundant amyloid within the space of Disse is associated with portal hypertension.[8]
Microscopic
Features:
- Amorphous extracellular pink stuff on H&E - see amyloid article.
DDx:
Images
Amyloidosis. Amorphous material replaces hepatic parenchyma [UL 4X]. Material barely stains blue on trichrome [UR 10X] Material stains red on unpolarized Congo Red [LL 40X] Material stains apple green on polarized Congo Red [LR 40X]
Stains
- Congo red +ve.
Fulminant hepatic necrosis
General
Etiology:
- Viral, i.e. Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B; Hepatitis C - extremely rare.
- Trauma.
- Shock.
Microscopic
Features:
- Hepatocyte necrosis.
- Bile duct proliferation.
DDx:
Secondary hemochromatosis
- For the hereditary one see hereditary hemochromatosis.
General
- Iron overload secondary to blood transfusions for hereditary or acquired anemia.[55]
- Primary hemochromatosis due to a defect in iron processing - called hereditary hemochromatosis.
- Imaging considered the best test, as iron deposition is patchy.[55]
Selected hereditary causes:[55]
- Thalassemia.
- Sickle cell anemia.
- Hereditary sideroblastic anemia.
Selected acquired causes:[55]
- Myelodysplastic syndromes
- Myelofibrosis
- Aplastic anemia, intractable.
Microscopic
Hepatic sarcoidosis
See also
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