Department of Pathology, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH, USA.
Am J Surg Pathol. 2011 Sep;35(9):1381-90. doi: 10.1097/PAS.0b013e3182230ce4.
Congenital extrahepatic portosystemic shunt, also known as Abernethy malformation, is a rare malformation in which intestinal and splenic venous blood bypasses the liver and drains into systemic veins. Aside from the complete or near-complete absence of portal veins, other histologic features of Abernethy malformation have not been evaluated in the literature. The goal of this study was to detail the hepatic histopathology in 5 patients with Abernethy malformation diagnosed at our institution. Paraffin-embedded tissue sections from 1 explant, 2 liver tumor resections, and 2 liver biopsies were evaluated using hematoxylin and eosin stains, reticulin, elastic, and trichrome stains, and immunohistochemistry for D2-40. Histologic findings included absence of portal veins in small portal tracts, absent or hypoplastic portal veins in medium-sized and large-sized portal tracts, isolated capillaries and arterioles in the lobules, hypertrophy of hepatic artery branches, remodeling of the liver architecture, and nodular regenerative hyperplasia in 1 case. Two patients had hepatocellular carcinoma without cirrhosis, and 2 had focal nodular hyperplasia. In addition to loss of portal veins, Abernethy malformation is characterized by multiple abnormalities due to remodeling of the hepatic vasculature. Abernethy malformation may also be associated with hepatocellular carcinoma and focal nodular hyperplasia in some patients.
先天性肝外门体分流,也称为 Abernethy 畸形,是一种罕见的畸形,其中肠和脾静脉血液绕过肝脏并排入体循环静脉。除了门静脉完全或几乎完全缺失外,文献中尚未评估 Abernethy 畸形的其他组织学特征。本研究的目的是详细描述在我们机构诊断为 Abernethy 畸形的 5 名患者的肝脏组织病理学。使用苏木精和伊红染色、网状纤维、弹性和三色染色以及 D2-40 的免疫组织化学对 1 个肝移植标本、2 个肝肿瘤切除术和 2 个肝活检组织的石蜡包埋组织切片进行评估。组织学发现包括小门静脉内门静脉缺失,中至大门静脉内门静脉缺失或发育不良,小叶内孤立的毛细血管和小动脉,肝动脉分支肥大,肝结构重塑,1 例结节性再生性增生。2 例患者有伴不伴肝硬化的肝细胞癌,2 例有局灶性结节性增生。除了门静脉缺失外,Abernethy 畸形还表现为由于肝血管重塑导致的多种异常。在某些患者中,Abernethy 畸形也可能与肝细胞癌和局灶性结节性增生相关。