Liver disease

Liver disease is any disease affecting the liver.

Types of liver disease

There are many forms of liver disease. Forms include:

Wilsons disease, a disease that causes both neurological dysfunction and liver disease.
Hepatitis, including hepatitis A, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C, the latter two of which cause chronic liver disease including Cirrhosis.
Primary biliary cirrhosis, a disease of unknown etiology
Hepatocellular carcinoma

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Chemical structure of ursodeoxycholic acid.
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High magnification micrograph of ground glass hepatocytes, as seen in a chronic hepatitis B infection with a high viral load. Liver
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Intermediate magnification micrograph of primary biliary cirrhosis. Liver biopsy. H&E stain.*Features: * Bile
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Budd chiari, note clot in the IVC and the mets in the liver
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Micrograph of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
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Gross pathology of alcoholic liver cirrhosis. The cut surface shows areas with diffuse pallor due to a dense network of scar tissue.
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Wątrobamarska(UltimaThule)
Nutmeg texture of congestive hepatopathy