Difference between revisions of "Category:Liver - Storage Diseases"

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Liver - Storage Diseases

▼ Liver - Storage Diseases
Amyloidosis
Lysosomal Storage Disease

The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.

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-==[[Lysosomal Storage Disease]]==
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-==Amyloidosis==
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-*amyloid infiltration occurs in all species
-*an inert substance deposited under the endothelium and basement membranes of a variety of tissues
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-**renal glomeruli
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-**[[Pancreas - Anatomy & Physiology#Endocrine|Islets of Langerhans]] in the [[Pancreas - Anatomy & Physiology|pancreas]]
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-**[[Liver - Anatomy & Physiology|liver]] (between the sinusoidal reticulum and the hepatic cords)
-====Causes====
-May be a primary condition or appear secondary to some chronic tissue destructive process
-*an infectious process elsewhere in the body
-*a result of sustained antigenic stimulation, eg repeated injections with an antigenic substance or production of excessive antibody by leukocytes
-====Gross====
-*pale (greyish waxy appearance)
-*enlarged
-*rounded edges
-*firm
-*very prone to rupture
-====Microscopically====
-*deposition of amyloid in the space of Disse
-*shows 'apple-green' fluorescence under polarised light after staining with Congo Red
 [[Category:Liver_-_Pathology]]