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Am J Surg Pathol ; 42(8): 1095-1100, 2018 08.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29738360

ABSTRACT

Endoscopic mucosal biopsies of the ampulla of Vater (AmpBx) are obtained to histologically assess for dysplasia or carcinoma. However, biopsy material is often scant and a host of factors can induce histologic changes that pose diagnostic challenges. We sought to investigate observer variability in interpretation of AmpBx and the impact clinical data may have on diagnostic interpretation. Thirty-one cases from institutional archives were selected, including 12 cases of reactive atypia (RA), 8 indefinite for dysplasia (ID), and 11 showing low-grade dysplasia (LGD). Slides were independently reviewed at 3 time points with and without clinical information by 6 pathologists who categorized the biopsies RA, ID, or LGD. Following the reviews, intraobserver and interobserver agreement was assessed. Review of AmpBx without clinical data showed fair (κ, 0.27), poor (κ, 0.07), and good (κ, 0.42) interobserver agreement for diagnoses of RA, ID, and LGD, respectively. Interobserver agreement improved for LGD (κ, 0.66 and 0.73) when clinical information was provided; however, agreement remained fair for RA (κ, 0.4 and 0.42) and poor-to-fair for ID (κ, 0.17 and 0.25). When follow-up data were reviewed, all cases that reached unanimous agreement had that diagnosis substantiated by subsequent endoscopic or histologic findings. The same was true of 13 of 19 cases that reached majority consensus. Given the potential clinical consequences of these diagnoses combined with the significant intraobserver and interobserver variability found in this study, we conclude that better-defined diagnostic criteria and consensus reads on difficult cases would assist in the histologic assessment of these challenging cases.


Subject(s)
Ampulla of Vater/pathology , Intestinal Mucosa/pathology , Biopsy , Cell Proliferation , Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal , Humans , Observer Variation , Predictive Value of Tests , Reproducibility of Results , Retrospective Studies
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Case Rep Gastrointest Med ; 2016: 4325302, 2016.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27830096

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Gastric antral vascular ectasias (GAVE) have been increasingly recognized as an uncommon cause of chronic gastrointestinal bleeding and anemia, although their underlying pathogenesis is not completely well understood. Heterotopic gastric mucosa (HGM) has been reported to occur at various sites along the gastrointestinal tract and although relatively common, it is often asymptomatic. We report a case of a 60-year-old woman with a prior history of GAVE who developed melena and symptomatic anemia during her hospitalization following cardiac catheterization. Initial EGD demonstrated nonbleeding antral GAVE and a newly discovered duodenal mass. Duodenal mass biopsies were ultimately notable for HGM along with histologic features of extra-antral GAVE. The patient required blood transfusions and consequently had a small bowel endoscopy notable for fresh blood in the proximal small bowel. The patient underwent a small bowel push enteroscopy which demonstrated active bleeding of the duodenal mass and overlying oozing GAVE, which was cauterized with Argon-Plasma Coagulation with adequate hemostasis. We present for the first time a novel association between GAVE and HGM. Our case illustrates that extra-antral GAVE may occur with HGM in the duodenum. We explore potential mechanisms by which HGM may be involved in the pathogenesis of GAVE.

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Dig Dis Sci ; 61(3): 905-12, 2016 Mar.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26462489

ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND AND AIM: Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) affects 15-40% of the general population; 10-20% of those patients have a more severe form of the disease known as nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). Cytokeratin-18 (CK18), released during apoptosis and one of the most studied biomarkers in NASH, can be measured by a number of commercially available kits. We compared serum measurements of the CK18 M30 from two different kits using the same cohort to evaluate the reliability between two test kits. METHODS: We measured serum levels of CK18 M30 from 185 patients with biopsy-proven NAFLD from a single center from 2009 to 2015, using two different ELISA kits, Test 1 (T1) and Test 2 (T2). Advanced fibrosis was defined as fibrosis stages 3-4 and NASH defined by NAS score ≥ 5. RESULTS: Mean age was 50.2 years (SD 12.6), 61.1% male and 87% White; 49.6% had NASH and 32.2% advanced fibrosis. There was no significant correlation between measurements from the two kits (p = 0.86, r = 0.01). While T2 predicted NASH and advanced fibrosis, T1 did not. The area under ROC curve for the prediction of NASH was 0.631 for T2 versus 0.500 for T1. CONCLUSIONS: Measurements from two different CK18 M30 test kits did not correlate with each other. One kit showed statistically significantly higher levels of CK18 M30 in patients with advanced fibrosis and NASH, while the other kit did not. With the increasing use of CK18 as a biomarker in NASH, it is important to standardize the different kits as it could greatly bias the results.


Subject(s)
Keratin-18/blood , Liver/pathology , Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease/blood , Adult , Area Under Curve , Biomarkers/blood , Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay , Female , Humans , Image-Guided Biopsy , Liver/diagnostic imaging , Liver Cirrhosis/blood , Liver Cirrhosis/diagnosis , Liver Cirrhosis/pathology , Male , Middle Aged , Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease/diagnosis , Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease/pathology , Proportional Hazards Models , ROC Curve , Reagent Kits, Diagnostic , Reproducibility of Results , Ultrasonography
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Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol ; 13(4): 772-9.e1-3, 2015 Apr.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25528010

ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND & AIMS: Liver biopsy is invasive and associated with complications, sampling errors, and observer variability. Vibration-controlled transient elastography (VCTE) with FibroScan can be used to immediately assess liver stiffness. We aimed to define optimal levels of liver stiffness to identify patients with chronic viral hepatitis and significant fibrosis, advanced fibrosis, or cirrhosis. METHODS: In a prospective, 2-phase study, patients with chronic hepatitis C or B underwent VCTE followed by liver biopsy analysis from January 2005 through May 2008 at 6 centers in the United States. In phase 1 we identified optimal levels of liver stiffness for identification of patients with stage F2-F4 or F4 fibrosis (the development phase, n = 188). In phase 2 we tested these cutoff values in a separate cohort of patients (the validation phase, n = 560). All biopsies were assessed for METAVIR stage by a single pathologist in the phase 1 analysis and by a different pathologist in the phase 2 analysis. Diagnostic performances of VCTE were assessed by area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUROC) analyses. RESULTS: In phase 1 of the study, liver stiffness measurements identified patients with ≥ F2 fibrosis with AUROC value of 0.89 (95% confidence interval, 0.83-0.92) and identified patients with F4 fibrosis with AUROC value of 0.92 (95% confidence interval, 0.87-0.95). Liver stiffness cutoff values (kPa) in phase 1 were 8.4 for ≥ F2 (82% sensitivity, 79% specificity) and 12.8 for F4 (84% sensitivity, 86% specificity). In the phase 2 analysis, the liver stiffness cutoff values identified patients with ≥ F2 fibrosis with 58% sensitivity (P < .0001 vs phase 1) and 75% specificity (nonsignificant difference vs phase 1); they identified patients with F4 fibrosis with 76% sensitivity (P < .0001 vs phase 1) and 85% specificity (nonsignificant differences vs phase 1). VCTE had an interobserver agreement correlation coefficient of 0.98 (n = 26) and an intraobserver agreement correlation coefficient of 0.95 (n = 34). CONCLUSIONS: In a large U.S. multicenter study, we confirmed that VCTE provides an accurate assessment of liver fibrosis in patients with chronic viral hepatitis. Our findings are similar to those from European and Asian cohorts.


Subject(s)
Elasticity Imaging Techniques/methods , Hepatitis B, Chronic/complications , Hepatitis C, Chronic/complications , Histocytochemistry/methods , Liver Cirrhosis/diagnosis , Liver Cirrhosis/pathology , Adult , Biopsy , Female , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Prospective Studies , ROC Curve , United States
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