PATHOLOGY & LABORATORY MEDICINE

Inflammatory Polyps

Apr 20, 2017 by in PATHOLOGY & LABORATORY MEDICINE Comments Off on Inflammatory Polyps

 Historically, these lesions have poorly defined histologic criteria and have been referred to by variety of names (e.g., fibroinflammatory polyp, fibroepithelial polyp, mucosal hyperplasia) Etiology/Pathogenesis • Probable result of mucosal injury…

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Fatty Liver of Pregnancy

Apr 20, 2017 by in PATHOLOGY & LABORATORY MEDICINE Comments Off on Fatty Liver of Pregnancy

 Some affected mothers and infants have inherited long-chain 3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase (LCHAD) deficiency  Carnitine palmitoyltransferase I deficiency also associated with fatty liver of pregnancy Clinical Issues • Most commonly occurs in last…

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Eosinophilic Cholecystitis

Apr 20, 2017 by in PATHOLOGY & LABORATORY MEDICINE Comments Off on Eosinophilic Cholecystitis

 Probably not distinct entity, but rather descriptive designation with associated clinical correlates Etiology/Pathogenesis • Majority of cases have no known cause or disease association • Some associated with hypersensitivity reactions, parasitic infection,…

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Bile Duct Adenoma

Apr 20, 2017 by in PATHOLOGY & LABORATORY MEDICINE Comments Off on Bile Duct Adenoma

 Often submitted for frozen section to rule out metastasis Microscopic • Uniformly sized tubules and acini with rounded outlines • Single layer of cuboidal to columnar cells that lack atypia, hyperchromasia, mitoses…

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Gaucher Disease

Apr 20, 2017 by in PATHOLOGY & LABORATORY MEDICINE Comments Off on Gaucher Disease

 Results in hepatosplenomegaly and pancytopenia • Variable disease progression • Enzyme replacement therapy represents mainstay therapy  Early diagnosis is crucial to improving outcome Microscopic • Accumulation of glucocerebroside in Kupffer cells and portal…

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Niemann-Pick Disease

Apr 20, 2017 by in PATHOLOGY & LABORATORY MEDICINE Comments Off on Niemann-Pick Disease

 Autosomal recessive Classification • Types A and B characterized by acid sphingomyelinase deficiency • Types C and D harbor cholesterol metabolism defect Etiology/Pathogenesis • Inherited lysosomal hydrolase deficiency leads to accumulation of sphingolipid…

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Idiopathic Neonatal Hepatitis

Apr 20, 2017 by in PATHOLOGY & LABORATORY MEDICINE Comments Off on Idiopathic Neonatal Hepatitis

 Once known etiologies are excluded, then considered idiopathic • By mid-2000s, idiopathic neonatal hepatitis (INH) comprised only 15-30% of neonatal cholestasis due to increased ability to detect and diagnose metabolic and…

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Intraductal Oncocytic Papillary Neoplasm

Apr 20, 2017 by in PATHOLOGY & LABORATORY MEDICINE Comments Off on Intraductal Oncocytic Papillary Neoplasm

 Often classified as having high-grade dysplasia given architectural complexity • Neoplastic cells have abundant granular eosinophilic cytoplasm with large nuclei, prominent nucleoli • Both intracytoplasmic and intercellular lumina found, many containing mucin,…

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