Vascular Disorders
CHAPTER 12 Vascular Disorders The hepatic arteries The effects of occlusion of hepatic artery branches are unpredictable because of the liver’s double blood supply and variable collateral flow. Potential effects…
Electron Microscopy and Other Techniques
CHAPTER 17 Electron Microscopy and Other Techniques Introduction This chapter will focus primarily on the role of transmission electron microscopy in the assessment of liver ultrastructure and disease. It also…
Drugs and Toxins
CHAPTER 8 Drugs and Toxins Introduction This chapter deals with the pathology of the important liver lesions attributed to drugs and toxins, with their recognition, and with their differential diagnosis….
The Normal Liver
CHAPTER 3 The Normal Liver Structures and components Functional units and nomenclature Under the low power of the light microscope, normal liver is seen to have a regular structure based…
Assessment and Differential Diagnosis of Pathological Features
CHAPTER 4 Assessment and Differential Diagnosis of Pathological Features Initial examination and reporting Naked-eye examination and description of biopsy specimens Although naked-eye examination and description are of limited diagnostic value,…
General Principles of Biopsy Assessment
CHAPTER 1 General Principles of Biopsy Assessment Introduction Liver biopsy is one of many diagnostic tools used in the evaluation and management of patients with liver disease. It continues to…
Laboratory Techniques
CHAPTER 2 Laboratory Techniques Processing of the specimen As soon as a needle biopsy specimen is obtained from the patient it should be expelled gently into fixative or onto a…
