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===Gross examination===
===Gross examination===
Cirrhosis is characterized by pale areas. Categorize into either of the following: (1) micronodular or diffuse, (2) macronodular, or (3) mixed:<ref name=ncbi>{{cite web|url=?https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK482419/|title=Hepatic Cirrhosis|author=Bashar Sharma; Savio John.|website=StatPearls at the National Center for Biotechnology Information}} Last Update: June 3, 2019.</ref>
Cirrhosis is characterized by pale areas. Categorize into either of the following: (1) micronodular or diffuse, (2) macronodular, or (3) mixed:<ref name=ncbi>{{cite web|url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK482419/|title=Hepatic Cirrhosis|author=Bashar Sharma; Savio John.|website=StatPearls at the National Center for Biotechnology Information}} Last Update: June 3, 2019.</ref>
[[File:Gross pathology of alcoholic liver cirrhosis.jpg|thumb|Diffuse areas of pallor.]]
[[File:Gross pathology of alcoholic liver cirrhosis.jpg|thumb|Diffuse areas of pallor.]]
*Micronodular or diffuse cirrhosis (uniform nodules less than 3 mm in diameter).<ref group="notes">Micronodular or diffuse cirrhosis can be due to alcohol, hemochromatosis, hepatic venous outflow obstruction, chronic biliary obstruction, jejunoileal bypass, and Indian childhood cirrhosis.</ref>
*Micronodular or diffuse cirrhosis (uniform nodules less than 3 mm in diameter).<ref group="notes">Micronodular or diffuse cirrhosis can be due to alcohol, hemochromatosis, hepatic venous outflow obstruction, chronic biliary obstruction, jejunoileal bypass, and Indian childhood cirrhosis.</ref>

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Author: Mikael Häggström [note 1]
Cirrhosis of the liver:

Gross processing

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Gross examination

Cirrhosis is characterized by pale areas. Categorize into either of the following: (1) micronodular or diffuse, (2) macronodular, or (3) mixed:[1]

File:Gross pathology of alcoholic liver cirrhosis.jpg
Diffuse areas of pallor.
  • Micronodular or diffuse cirrhosis (uniform nodules less than 3 mm in diameter).[notes 1]
  • Macronodular cirrhosis (irregular nodules with a variation greater than 3 mm in diameter): Cirrhosis due to hepatitis B and C, alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency, and primary biliary cholangitis.
  • Mixed cirrhosis (when features of both micronodular and macronodular cirrhosis are present): Usually micronodular cirrhosis progresses into macronodular cirrhosis over time.

Microscopic evaluation

File:Cirrhosis of the liver (trichrome stain) (5690946257).jpg
Trichrome stain, showing cirrhosis as a nodular texture surrounded by fibrosis (wherein collagen is stained blue).

Components:[1]

  • Diagnosing cirrhosis. The diagnosis of cirrhosis by biopsy requires the presence of fibrosis and nodules.
  • Assessing the degree of inflammation (grade) and fibrosis (stage) of the disease.

Notes

  1. Micronodular or diffuse cirrhosis can be due to alcohol, hemochromatosis, hepatic venous outflow obstruction, chronic biliary obstruction, jejunoileal bypass, and Indian childhood cirrhosis.
  1. For a full list of contributors, see article history. Creators of images are attributed at the image description pages, seen by clicking on the images. See Patholines:Authorship for details.

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Bashar Sharma; Savio John.. Hepatic Cirrhosis. StatPearls at the National Center for Biotechnology Information. Last Update: June 3, 2019.

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