Description
Original release date: November 28, 2023
USCAP Liver Pathology: Essentials of Daily Practice 2023 Liver biopsies are a common specimen in most surgical pathology practices. Liver biopsy interpretation is challenging because many liver diseases manifest overlapping histological features. A systematic pattern-based approach facilitates identification of subtle features that help to narrow the differential diagnoses, correlate findings with clinical data, and provide a meaningful report.
- This course reviews best practices in assessment and reporting of hepatitis biopsies, guides learners through the spectrum of possible diseases that may present with biliary pattern of injury, provides a comprehensive review of hepatocellular carcinoma, and discusses a systematic and practical approach on how to work up mesenchymal tumors of the liver.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this educational activity, learners will be able to:
- Recognize hepatic, lobular, biliary and vascular patterns of liver injury, and use histological clues and clinical data to formulate a meaningful diagnosis
- Diagnose hepatocellular, biliary and mesenchymal liver tumors, and differentiate between benign and malignant lesions as well as their mimics
- Diagnose common post-transplant pathologies in allograft biopsies
- Recognize subtle histological findings in liver biopsies that appear to be near normal
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Hepatitic Pattern – Mary Kay Washington, MD, PhD
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Hepatocellular Tumors – Hanlin Wang, MD, PhDÂ
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Biliary Pattern – Romil Saxena, MBBS, FRCPathÂ
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Biliary and Mesenchymal Neoplasms – Shefali Chopra, MD
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Lobular Pattern – Romil Saxena, MBBS, FRCPathÂ
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Vascular Pattern – Mary Kay Washington, MD, PhDÂ
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Transplant Pathology – Shefali Chopra, MDÂ
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Near Normal Pattern – Hanlin Wang, MD, PhDÂ
