Bile infarct

 

 

This microphoto is from the liver of a patient with jaundice secondary to a tumor causing obstruction

at the level of the ampulla of Vater. A collection of bile is seen surrounded by an area of hepatic necrosis.

 

Contributed by Dr. Robert Van Wesep

 

 

1 minute clinical correlation

 

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