Difference between revisions of "Peliosis hepatis"

Jump to navigation Jump to search
2,284 bytes added ,  03:40, 19 June 2017
(redirect w/ cat.)
 
 
(5 intermediate revisions by the same user not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
#redirect [[Medical_liver_disease#Peliosis_hepatis]]
'''Peliosis hepatis''' is a type of [[medical liver disease]].
 
==General==
*Prevalence - very rare.<ref name=pmid26675327>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Crocetti | first1 = D. | last2 = Palmieri | first2 = A. | last3 = Pedullà | first3 = G. | last4 = Pasta | first4 = V. | last5 = D'Orazi | first5 = V. | last6 = Grazi | first6 = GL. | title = Peliosis hepatis: Personal experience and literature review. | journal = World J Gastroenterol | volume = 21 | issue = 46 | pages = 13188-94 | month = Dec | year = 2015 | doi = 10.3748/wjg.v21.i46.13188 | PMID = 26675327 }}</ref>
*Rarely biopsied.
*May cause hemoperitoneum.<ref name=pmid26675327/><ref name=pmid22104329>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Buelow | first1 = B. | last2 = Otjen | first2 = J. | last3 = Sabath | first3 = AP. | last4 = Harruff | first4 = RC. | title = Peliosis hepatis presenting as liver rupture in a vulnerable adult: a case report. | journal = Am J Forensic Med Pathol | volume = 33 | issue = 4 | pages = 307-10 | month = Dec | year = 2012 | doi = 10.1097/PAF.0b013e31823a8b38 | PMID = 22104329 }}</ref>
*Etiology - unknown.<ref name=pmid24137445>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Dai | first1 = W. | last2 = Zhong | first2 = D. | title = Peliosis hepatis mimicking cancer: A case report. | journal = Oncol Lett | volume = 6 | issue = 4 | pages = 960-962 | month = Oct | year = 2013 | doi = 10.3892/ol.2013.1479 | PMID = 24137445 }}</ref>
 
Associated with:
*Infections.
*Malignancy.
*Other stuff.
 
Clinical DDx:
*Malignancy.<ref name=pmid24137445/>
 
==Microscopic==
Features:
*Multiple small cysts<ref name=pmid26675327/> lined by endothelium.
**Usually incomplete.
*Blood.
 
===Images===
A. [[File:1 PEL 1 680x512px.tif|Hemorrhage at left end, dilated sinusoids elsewhere (20X).]]
<br>
B. [[File:2 PEL 1 680x512px.tif|Ramifying dilated sinusoidal spaces (100X).]]
<br>
C. [[File:3 PEL 1 680x512px.tif|PAS with diastase shows flat lining (400X).]]
<br>
D. [[File:4 PEL 1 680x512px.tif|Necrotic hepatocytes in cords, presumably due to pressure (400X).]]
<br>
Peliosis hepatis. A. Hemorrhage at left end, dilated sinusoids elsewhere. B. Ramifying dilated sinusoidal spaces. C. PAS with diastase shows flat lining. D. Necrotic hepatocytes in cords, presumably due to pressure.
 
==See also==
*[[Medical liver disease]].
 
==References==
{{Reflist|1}}


[[Category:Diagnosis]]
[[Category:Diagnosis]]
[[Category:Medical liver disease]]
49,294

edits

Navigation menu