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. 2022 Aug 16;5(3):435-436.
doi: 10.3138/canlivj-2022-0022. eCollection 2022 Aug.

The great imitator: A case of mistaken cirrhosis

Natasha Chandok  1 , Esther Provost  1 , Iram Siddiqui  2
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The great imitator: A case of mistaken cirrhosis

Natasha Chandok et al. Can Liver J. .
No abstract available

Keywords: amyloidosis; diagnosis; liver disease; portal hypertension.

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Hepatic amyloidosis—mixed pattern, with extensive sinusoidal and patchy portal vascular accumulation; a) hematoxylin and eosin stain (magnification 200x) showing compressed cords of residual hepatocytes (arrows) surrounded by marked sinusoidal accumulation of pink amorphous amyloid protein and within the wall of hepatic artery (arrowhead); b) Congo red stain (magnification 100x) highlighting the amyloid within the sinusoidal spaces and portal vessel walls; c) demonstrating apple green birefringence of amyloid under polarized light (magnification 100x)
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