Optimizing Hepatic Histopathology: From Biopsy to Reading the Report

Presentation Description / Summary: Hepatic histopathology plays an essential role in diagnosing many hepatobiliary diseases in dogs and cats. This lecture will discuss the process of hepatic histopathology from biopsy to reading the histopathology report and the pitfalls that can happen at any stage of this process. The lecture will be presented by an internal medicine specialist and an anatomic pathologist, who will together provide insights on how clinicians can optimally collect and submit biopsy specimens for histopathological analysis. Information to help clinicians get the most information possible form the report will be discussed including a brief review of hepatic histopathology terminology and how they correlate with clinical diagnoses.

Learner Outcomes: After the session attendees should be able to: 
1. Write a succinct history that provides the key information needed by a pathologist to provide a complete interpretation of a liver biopsy. 
2. Recognize the importance of different histological stains in the complete histopathological analysis of a liver specimen. 
3. Understand key hepatic histopathology terminology used to localize liver lesions and describe disease severity and progression.