Histological characterization of liver involvement in systemic mastocytosis

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BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Systemic mastocytosis (SM) is characterized by the accumulation of atypical mast cells (MCs) in organs. Liver histology of SM has been marginally described and accurate histological classification is critical, given the consequences of aggressive SM diagnosis. We aimed to describe the histological features associated with liver SM using updated tools.

METHODS: Using the database of the French Reference Centre for Mastocytosis, we retrospectively identified patients with a liver biopsy (LB) and a diagnosis of SM. All LB procedures were performed according to the local physician in charge and centrally reviewed by an expert pathologist.

RESULTS: A total of 28 patients were included: 6 had indolent SM, 9 had aggressive SM, and 13 had SM with an associated hematologic neoplasm. Twenty-five (89%) patients presented hepatomegaly, and 19 (68%) had portal hypertension. The LB frequently showed slight sinusoid dilatation (82%). Fibrosis was observed in 3/6 indolent SM and in almost all advanced SM cases (21/22), but none of them showed cirrhosis. A high MC burden (>50 MCs/high-power field) was correlated with elevated blood alkaline phosphatase levels (p = .030). The presence of portal hypertension was associated with a higher mean fibrosis grade (1.6 vs. 0.8 in its absence; p = .026). In advanced SM, the presence of nodular regenerative hyperplasia (NRH) was associated with decreased overall survival (9.5 vs. 46.3 months, p = .002).

CONCLUSIONS: MC infiltration induced polymorphic hepatic lesions and the degree of fibrosis is associated with portal hypertension. NRH identifies a poor prognosis subgroup of patients with advanced SM. Assessing liver histology can aid in SM prognostic evaluation.

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Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

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2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2024

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Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver - (2024) vom: 30. März

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Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Rossignol, Julien [VerfasserIn]
Canioni, Danielle [VerfasserIn]
Aouba, Achille [VerfasserIn]
Bulai-Livideanu, Cristina [VerfasserIn]
Barete, Stéphane [VerfasserIn]
Lancesseur, Charles [VerfasserIn]
Polivka, Laura [VerfasserIn]
Madrange, Marine [VerfasserIn]
Ballul, Thomas [VerfasserIn]
Neuraz, Antoine [VerfasserIn]
Greco, Celine [VerfasserIn]
Agopian, Julie [VerfasserIn]
Brenet, Fabienne [VerfasserIn]
Dubreuil, Patrice [VerfasserIn]
Lemal, Richard [VerfasserIn]
Tournilhac, Olivier [VerfasserIn]
Terriou, Louis [VerfasserIn]
Launay, David [VerfasserIn]
Bouillet, Laurence [VerfasserIn]
Gourguechon, Clément [VerfasserIn]
Frenzel, Laurent [VerfasserIn]
Meni, Cécile [VerfasserIn]
Gaudy-Marqueste, Caroline [VerfasserIn]
Gousseff, Marie [VerfasserIn]
Le Mouel, Edwige [VerfasserIn]
Hamidou, Mohamed [VerfasserIn]
Neel, Antoine [VerfasserIn]
Ranta, Dana [VerfasserIn]
Jaussaud, Roland [VerfasserIn]
Guilpain, Philippe [VerfasserIn]
Molina, Thierry J [VerfasserIn]
Bruneau, Julie [VerfasserIn]
Lhermitte, Ludovic [VerfasserIn]
Garcelon, Nicolas [VerfasserIn]
Javier, Rose-Marie [VerfasserIn]
Pelletier, Fabien [VerfasserIn]
Castelain, Florence [VerfasserIn]
Retornaz, Frederique [VerfasserIn]
Cabrera, Quentin [VerfasserIn]
Zunic, Patricia [VerfasserIn]
Gourin, Marie Pierre [VerfasserIn]
Wierzbicka-Hainaut, Ewa [VerfasserIn]
Viallard, Jean François [VerfasserIn]
Lavigne, Christian [VerfasserIn]
Hoarau, Cyrille [VerfasserIn]
Durieu, Isabelle [VerfasserIn]
Heiblig, Maël [VerfasserIn]
Dimicoli-Salazar, Sophie [VerfasserIn]
Torregrosa-Diaz, Jose M [VerfasserIn]
Soria, Angèle [VerfasserIn]
Arock, Michel [VerfasserIn]
Lortholary, Olivier [VerfasserIn]
Bodemer, Christine [VerfasserIn]
Pol, Stanislas [VerfasserIn]
Mallet, Vincent [VerfasserIn]
Hermine, Olivier [VerfasserIn]
Damaj, Ghandi [VerfasserIn]
on behalf the CEREMAST Network [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Advanced systemic mastocytosis
Fibrosis
Journal Article
Liver
Mast cells
Nodular regenerative hyperplasia
Portal hypertension

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Date Revised 30.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

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doi:

10.1111/liv.15913

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NLM370435710