Advances in hepatobiliary pathology: update for 2010.
Recent publications on hepatology and hepatic pathology provide a wealth of new information on wideranging topics. Morphologic aspects of liver disease associated with hepatitis B and C viruses, autoimmune hepatitis, and HIV infection were addressed, as was the prevalent problem of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. Advances in diagnosis and pathogenesis of primary biliary cirrhosis, primary sclerosing cholangitis, and the increasingly complex spectrum of IgG4 hepatobiliary diseases were also reported. The histologic and immunohistochemical features of the rare "calcifying nested stromal-epithelial tumor" of the liver were described in a 9-case series. For benign and malignant liver tumors, immunohistochemistry plays a major diagnostic role, and several recent studies demonstrate the value of immunostains in distinguishing between liver-cell adenoma and focal nodular hyperplasia.
Department of Pathology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, 630 West 168th Street-PH 15 West, Room 1574, New York, NY 10032, USA. jhl3@columbia.edu
Jay H
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Lefkowitch
D001659:Biliary Tract / Q000473:pathology*; D001706:Biopsy / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry / Q000379:methods*; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology*; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology* / Q000821:virology