Liver and Biliary Pathology — Flashcards

Flashcard 1: The stain demonstrates reticular fibers of the liver and hence has to be _____ stain.

Answer: reticulin

Flashcard 2: aflatoxicosis is caused by _____

Answer: aspergillus flavus

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Flashcard 3: _____ pigment gallstones (color) are radio-opaque and composed of calcium bilirubinate

Answer: Black

Flashcard 4: Hepatocellular carcinoma is CK 7 _____ and CK 20 negative

Answer: negative

Flashcard 5: Strawberry gallbladder is seen in _____ and is associated with cholesterol stones.

Answer: cholesterolosis

Flashcard 6: _____ bodies in hepatocytes occur because of aggregation of intermediate filament cytokeratin 8 and 18

Answer: Mallory-denk

Flashcard 7: _____ syndrome is due to a deficiency of bilirubin canalicular transport protein

Answer: Dubin-Johnson

Flashcard 8: _____ syndrome is characterized by micro-vesicular fatty change

Answer: Reye

Flashcard 9: Risk factors for _____ carcinoma include aflatoxins derived from Aspergillus

Answer: hepatocellular

Flashcard 10: Pyogenic bacteria typically gain access to the liver through either a _____ or portal vein pyemia

Answer: biliary tract infection (ascending cholangitis)