Affiliation:
1. Departments of Medicine, Surgery and Pathology, Southampton University Hospitals, Southampton
Abstract
Abstract
In a prospective study of 57 patients coming to elective cholecystectomy for gallstone disease, clinical, biochemical and immunological features have been correlated with the histological changes in core biopsies of the liver obtained at surgery. Only 13 liver biopsies were normal. Ten biopsies showed changes of acute duct obstruction, 16 showed minimal portal tract abnormalities and 10 showed moderate portal tract inflammation and scarring. Histological changes were more marked in male patients. Clinical and biochemical investigations were not useful in predicting histological appearance, apart from cases with jaundice at the time of operation where changes of acute duct obstruction were usually, but not invariably, seen. Auto-antibodies were present in 50 per cent of cases tested and all persisted for at least 6 months after operation. They were commoner in patients with more marked histological changes. Operative cholangiography was of little use in predicting histological change. These findings suggest that the possibility of gallstones should be considered in the interpretation of any abnormal liver biopsy irrespective of clinical symptoms or biochemical investigations.
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
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