Difference between revisions of "Liver pathology"

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''Laennec fibrosis'' (stage):<ref>URL: [http://www.pulsus.com/cddw2000/abs/080.htm http://www.pulsus.com/cddw2000/abs/080.htm]. Accessed on: 9 December 2010.</ref>
''Laennec fibrosis'' (stage):<ref>URL: [http://www.pulsus.com/cddw2000/abs/080.htm http://www.pulsus.com/cddw2000/abs/080.htm]. Accessed on: 9 December 2010.</ref>
*Stage 0 - '''no fibrosis'''; "loose" strands of collagen - spaces between collagen bundles.  
*Stage 0 - '''no fibrosis'''; "loose" strands of collagen - spaces between collagen bundles.  
*Stage 1 - '''minimal fibrosis''' - no fibrous septa, no "portal expansion", i.e. no enlargement of portal area.  
*Stage 1 - '''minimal fibrosis''' - no fibrous septa, minimal "portal expansion".  
*Stage 2 - mild fibrosis; '''portal expansion''', +/-delicate septa, +/-sinusoidal fibrosis.  
*Stage 2 - mild fibrosis; '''portal expansion''', +/-delicate septa, +/-sinusoidal fibrosis.  
*Stage 3 - moderate fibrosis - '''several fibrous septa''', not bridging.
*Stage 3 - moderate fibrosis - '''several fibrous septa''', not bridging.
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*Stage 0 - '''nil; loose strands of collagen'''.
*Stage 0 - '''nil; loose strands of collagen'''.
*Stage 1 - '''irregular (fibrotic) portal area'''.
*Stage 1 - '''irregular (fibrotic) portal area'''.
*Stage 2 - '''portal expansion'''.  
*Stage 2 - '''portal expansion''', few septa.  
*Stage 3 - '''incomplete nodules'''.
*Stage 3 - '''incomplete nodules'''.
*Stage 4 - '''complete nodules'''.
*Stage 4 - '''complete nodules'''.
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