TABLE 1
FROM:
Liver Pathology: Cirrhosis, Hepatitis, and Primary Liver Tumors. Update and Diagnostic Problems
Linda Ferrell
BACK TO ARTICLETABLE 1. Features of "Hard to Diagnose" Cirrhosis
| Fragmented specimen with "rounded" edges |
| Reticulin fibers at edge of fragments |
| Portal tracts absent |
| Irregular pattern of central veins |
| Twin plates |
| Enlarged nuclei (large cell change) |
| Caution with capsule on wedge biopsies |
From Ferrell LD. Liver. In Weidner N, Cote R, Suster S, Weiss L, editors. Modern surgical pathology. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders; in press. Reprinted with permission.
