POSTER SESSION V Wednesday, March 26, 2003   —  9:30 AM - 12:00 Noon EXHIBIT HALL A - C LIVER AND PANCREAS PATHOLOGY 172 Oval Hepatocytes Expression in Cases of Chronic Hepatitis C and Their Relation with Response to Therapy (1307) AC Tsamandas, I Syrokosta, T Kourelis, A Skoutelis, DS Bonikos, CA Gogos Greece; Internal Medicine University of Patras, Patras, Greece 173 Autoimmune Hepatitis with Centrilobular Necrosis: A Clinicopathologic Study of 6 Cases (1283) J Misdraji, M Thiim, FM Graeme-Cook Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 174 The Prevalence of Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis and Cirrhosis in Patients Undergoing Bariatric Surgery (1300) S Shalhub, MB Morgan South Florida College of Medicine Tampa, FL 175 Evaluation of Role of Estrogens in Methionine and Choline Deficient-Induced Steatohepatitis: An Experimental Model for Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (1270) P Kashireddy, MS Rao The Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 176 The Potential Role of Myofibroblast Presence and Transforming Growth Factor-b1 in Experimental Liver Fibrosis (1268) C Kalogeropoulou, I Tsota, P Zabakis, T Kourelis, P Ravazoula, D Bonikos, T Petsas, AC Tsamandas University of Patras, Patras, Greece 177 3-Dimensional Reconstruction of Bridging Fibrosis in HCV Infected Livers (1260) A Hoofring, J Boitnott, M Torbenson Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD 178 Excessive Hepatocytic Cytoplasmic Glycogen as a Sole Cause of Hepatomegaly and Increased Transaminases in Uncontrolled Type I and II Diabetes Mellitus (1264) S Jakate, S Cotler, D Jensen Rush-Presbyterian-St.Luke's Medical Center, Chicago, IL 179 Cavernous Hemangioma, What Have We Been Missing? (1273) GE Kim, SN Thung, WM Tsui, L Ferrell University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA; Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY; Caritas Medical Centre, Kowloon, Hong Kong 180 Hepatic Nodular Hyperplasia (Sabourin Lesion) and Submicroscopic Fibrosis Associated with 6-Thioguanine (6-TG) Therapy in Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) (1247) SA Geller, FF Poordad, MC Dubinsky, AH Cohen, EA Vasiliauskas, MT Abreu, T Tran, P Martin, JM Vierling, SR Targan Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 181 Sinusoidal Dilatation and Congestion in Liver Biopsy: Is It Always Due to Venous Outflow Impairment? (1267) S Kakar, LJ Burgart UCSF and VA Medical Center, San Francisco, CA; Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 182 Benign Localized Strictures of the Large Bile Ducts; a Clinicopathological Study (1290) K Notohara, TC Smyrk, LJ Burgart Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 183 Periportal Edema and Necrosis as Diagnostic Histological Features of Early Humoral Rejection in ABO-Incompatible Liver Transplantation (1257) H Haga, T Sakurai, A Miyagawa, T Shirase, H Yamabe, T Manabe Kyoto University, Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan 184 Effect of Donor Liver Steatosis on Progression of Recurrent Hepatitis C in Liver Transplant Recipients (1271) N Katabi, N Onaca, J Morkowski, M Thomas, R Goldstein, D Watkins, E Sanchez, M Levy, G Klintmalm, G Netto Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX 185 Liver Transplantation (LT) for Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis (PSC): A Pathologic Study (1250) A Goldar-Najafi, A Keaveny, F Gordon, W Lewis, E Pomfret, J Pomposelli, R Jenkins, U Khettry Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston; Lahey Clinic Medical Center, Burlington, MA 186 Histological Progression of De Novo Autoimmune Hepatitis in Living Donor Liver Transplantation (1284) A Miyagawa, H Haga, H Egawa, T Shirase, T Sakurai, S Minamiguchi, K Tanaka, H Yamabe, T Manabe Kyoto University Hospital, Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan 187 Morphologic Evidence of Post-Transplant Hepatic Venous Outflow Obstruction; What Does It Mean? (1275) M Krishna, R Satyanarayana, RD Loudon, RE Nakhleh Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL 188 Aberrant Portal Veins in Native and Allograft Liver Biopsies (1274) AM Krasinskas, JD Goldsmith, EE Furth University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 189 Liver and Pancreas Transplant Associated Lymphomas: Clinicopathologic Features (1240) JE Coad, S Paraskevas, RWG Gruessner West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV; McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Canada; University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN