Abdominal Key

Chapter Contents Portal vein lesions 637 Extrahepatic portal vein obstruction 638 Congenital anomalies and portosystemic shunts 639 Intrahepatic portal vein lesions 640 Hepatic artery-related lesions 642 Acute hepatic ischaemic necrosis…

Chapter Contents Acute viral hepatitis 372 Clinical features 372 Pathological features 373 Evolution of the lesion 379 Differential diagnosis of acute hepatitis 379 Sequelae of acute hepatitis 381 Chronic viral…

Keywords gallbladder, cholecystitis, cholelithiasis, dysplasia, biliary intraepithelial neoplasia, intracholecystic papillary tubular neoplasm, carcinoma   Chapter Contents Normal gallbladder 594 Macroanatomy 594 Microanatomy 595 Immunohistochemistry 596 Embryology 596 Physiology 597 Routine…

Keywords autoimmune hepatitis, autoantibodies, autoimmune hepatitis- primary biliary cirrhosis overlap syndrome, autoimmune hepatitis-primary sclerosing cholangitis overlap syndrome, autoimmune liver disease   Chapter Contents Definition 491 Epidemiology 491 Demographic features 492…

Keywords alcoholic, nonalcoholic, fatty liver, steatosis, steatohepatitis, obesity, diabetes, metabolic syndrome   Chapter Contents Spectrum of fatty liver disease 309 Steatosis 309 Steatohepatitis 310 Fibrosis and cirrhosis 313 Alcoholic liver…

Keywords Inflammation, Regeneration, Fibrosis, Vascular Remodeling, Regression, Cirrhosis   Chapter Contents Development of the liver 2 General features 2 Vascular arrangements 2 Hepatocyte ontogeny 4 Bile duct system 4 Haematopoiesis…

Chapter Contents Iron metabolism and homeostasis 275 Iron absorption and transport 275 Regulation of iron homeostasis 276 Hereditary iron overload 279 Hereditary haemochromatosis 279 Ferroportin disease 285 Hereditary hyperferritinaemia 286…

Chapter Contents Liver biopsy 88 Evolving role 88 Different types 89 Limitations of and requirements for interpretation 91 New competitors and alternatives to liver biopsy 92 Routine handling, fixation and…