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Cirrhosis histology and Laennec staging system correlate with high portal pressure
Author(s) -
Rastogi Archana,
Maiwall Rakhi,
Bihari Chhagan,
Ahuja Arvind,
Kumar Ashish,
Singh Tarandeep,
Wani Zeeshan Ahmad,
Sarin Shiv Kumar
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
histopathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.626
H-Index - 124
eISSN - 1365-2559
pISSN - 0309-0167
DOI - 10.1111/his.12070
Subject(s) - cirrhosis , medicine , portal venous pressure , fibrosis , histology , portal hypertension , gastroenterology , pathology , biopsy
Aims To correlate cirrhosis histology and Laennec fibrosis scoring with portal pressure, as determined by hepatic venous pressure gradient ( HVPG ). Methods and results One hundred and four patients with biopsy‐proven cirrhosis and known HVPG were included in the study. Semiquantitative scoring of 12 histological parameters and quantitative assessment by morphometry for septal thickness and nodule diameter and image analysis for fibrosis were performed. Laennec histological subgrading and clinical staging of cirrhosis were also performed. There were significant positive correlations between HVPG and Laennec histological grade of cirrhosis ( P < 0.001), micronodularity ( P < 0.001), the presence of thick fibrous septa ( P = 0.015), the amount of collagen in the space of Disse ( P < 0.001), and the extent of fibrosis by image analysis ( P = 0.003). Multivariate analysis, to predict high HVPG (≥16 mmHg), showed that degree of collagen in the space of Disse [ P = 0.007, odds ratio ( OR ) 19.3], histological grade of cirrhosis ( P = 0.017, OR 3.9) and micronodularity ( P = 0.02, OR 3.5) independently predicted high HVPG . Conclusions Histological subclassification of cirrhosis, collagen in the space of D isse and micronodularity are independent predictors of high portal pressure. The Laennec histological subclassification of cirrhosis correlates well with clinical severity of cirrhosis, and can provide useful prognostic information.