Cirrhosis

Cirrhosis is a disease of the liver. Normal liver tissue is replaced by scar tissue. The liver does not work so well.

Cirrhosis is caused mostly by alcoholism, hepatitis B, hepatitis C or hepatocellular carcinoma. Ascites (retention of fluid in the abdomen) is the most common complication for cirrhosis. The patient's skin develops a yellowish hue (jaundice) as the disease gets worse. Liver damage by cirrhosis cannot be repaired. It leads to a poor quality of life, and can cause death.

Cirrhosis Media

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  Person with cirrhosis and associated pain in the right upper region of the abdomen

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  cirrhosis liver (post-mortem), probable alcoholic cirrhosis

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  Hepatitis C viral particles and the liver

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  Caudate lobe hypertrophy on ultrasound due to cirrhosis

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  Hepatofugal (non-forward) flow in portal vein

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  Liver cirrhosis on CT imaging of the abdomen in transverse view

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  Micrograph showing cirrhosis, trichrome stain

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  Cirrhosis deaths per million persons in 2012:

       9-44     45-68     69–88     89–104     105–122     123–152     153–169     170–204     205–282     283–867