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Interesting Case of the Month - (IGHP, ICOM) - June

june

Clinical History-

40-year-old male had history of metabolic syndrome with fatty liver,hypothyroidism, dyslipidemia & obesity. He had asymptomatically altered LFT for 4 years, followed by jaundice for 1 year with history of slow activity and forgetfulness forlast 6 months. Current LFT Total Bilirubin-4.5 mg/ dl, AST/ ALT-96/ 256 U/L, SAP/ GGT-190/ 250 U/L, Albumin-3.6 g/ dl. INR-1.2.

The jaundice was painless progressive with itching all over body for about 3months with passage of cholic stool. UGIE-Small esophageal varices.

Radiology-

CECT Abdomen Triple Phase-Features of Chronic Liver Disease and hypodense non enhancing focal lesions likely focal fatty change

PET Scan-Multifocal FDG PET-CT fused axial imageshows diffuse areas of FDG uptake in bothlobes of liver

Microscopic Images-

Special Stains-

Rhodanine showed copper deposits in peri septal hepatocytes and MT stain showing nodularity

Immunohistochemistry –

IHC for HepPar1, CD1a and S100

A. IgG4 Related Sclerosing Cholangitis-
B. Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis related Sclerosing Cholangitis
C. Cirrhosis NASH Related
D. Autoimmune Hepatitis