Liver biopsy in malaria will have: (A) Microabscesses, (B) Kupffer cell hyperplasia, (C) Piecemeal necrosis, (D) Non Caseating granuloma
Answer is B. Ans. b. Kupffer cell hyperplasiaCLASSIFICATION OF PARASITIC DISEASE OF THE LIVER AND BILIARY TRACT BY PATHOLOGIC PROCESSPathologic processDiseasesLiver disease Granulomatous hepatitisCapillariasisFascioliasisSchistosomiasisStrongyloidiasisToxocariasisPortal fibrosisSchistosomiasisHepatic abscess or necrosisAmebiasisToxoplasmosisCystic liver diseaseEchinococcosisPeliosis hepatisBacillary angiomatosisReticuloendothelial diseaseKupffer cell infection or hyperplasiaBabesiosisMalariaToxoplasmosisVisceral leishmaniasisBiliary tract diseaseCholangitisClonorchiasis/opisthorchiasisFascioliasisBiliary hyperplasisAscariasisClonorchiasisCryptosporidiosisFascioliasisCholangiocarcinomaClonorchiasis/opisthorchiasis