Seminars in Diagnostic Pathology
Volume 23, Issue 3 , Pages 132-148, August 2006

Acute and chronic hepatitis

  • Arief A. Suriawinata, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire
    • ,
  • Swan N. Thung, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, The Lillian-Henry M. Stratton and Hans Popper, The Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, New York.
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests and correspondence: Swan N. Thung, MD, The Mount Sinai Medical Center, Department of Pathology, Box 1194, One Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, NY 10029.

Most liver biopsies performed today are for grading and staging of chronic viral hepatitis and steatohepatitis; there are uncommon indications for liver biopsy in the setting of acute hepatitis. Pathologists must have a broad knowledge of many forms of acute and chronic hepatitis, as well as their variations; these include viral hepatitis, autoimmune hepatitis, drug-induced hepatitis, metabolic diseases, and reactive hepatitis secondary to systemic disease processes. In this article, the authors review the pathological features of acute and chronic hepatitis.

Keywords: Acute hepatitis, Chronic hepatitis, Viral, Steatohepatitis, Autoimmune, Drug-induced

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PII: S0740-2570(06)00170-5

doi:10.1053/j.semdp.2006.11.001

Seminars in Diagnostic Pathology
Volume 23, Issue 3 , Pages 132-148, August 2006

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