Gallbladder and Biliary Tract Diseases — Flashcards

Flashcard 1: Strawberry gallbladder is seen in _____ and is associated with cholesterol stones.

Answer: cholesterolosis

Flashcard 2: Bile duct proliferation is seen in _____ on liver biopsy

Answer: Extrahepatic biliary atresia (EHBA)

Extra: Bile duct proliferation is a key histological feature used to differentiate Extrahepatic Biliary Atresia (EHBA) from neonatal hepatitis (where duct proliferation is typically absent).

Flashcard 3: Primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) presents with _____ bodies

Answer: Mallory-Denk bodies

Flashcard 4: Rupture of RokitanskyAschoff sinuses leads to _____ cholecystitis

Answer: xanthogranulomatous

Flashcard 5: _____ pigment gallstones (color) are radio-opaque and composed of calcium bilirubinate

Answer: Black

Flashcard 6: A patient of Alagille syndrome will show _____ number of interlobular bile ducts on liver biopsy

Answer: reduced

Flashcard 7: The stain demonstrates reticular fibers of the liver and hence has to be _____ stain.

Answer: reticulin

Flashcard 8: aflatoxicosis is caused by _____

Answer: aspergillus flavus

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