Cirrhosis

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

Gross processing

In autopsy, make consecutive liver slices, such as in the sagittal or coronal plane.

Gross examination

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

Micronodular cirrhosis, with 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).
  • Mixed cirrhosis (when features of both micronodular and macronodular cirrhosis are present): Usually micronodular cirrhosis progresses into macronodular cirrhosis over time.

Microscopic evaluation

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.
  • Finding the most probable differential diagnoses that cause the cirrhosis (or correlating with a previously established diagnosis).

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.
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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.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Boyd, Alexander; Cain, Owen; Chauhan, Abhishek; Webb, Gwilym James (2020). "Medical liver biopsy: background, indications, procedure and histopathology ". Frontline Gastroenterology 11 (1): 40–47. doi:10.1136/flgastro-2018-101139. ISSN 2041-4137. 
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