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Liver neoplasms are dealt with in the ''[[liver neoplasms]]'' article. | Liver neoplasms are dealt with in the ''[[liver neoplasms]]'' article. | ||
==Hepatitis A== | |||
*Uncommon biopsy specimen - as the infection is self-limited. | |||
*Serology is diagnostic. | |||
==Hepatitis B== | |||
===General=== | |||
*May lead to hepatocellular carcinoma without cirrhosis. | |||
*High prevalence. | |||
*Diagnosis is by serology. | |||
===Histology=== | |||
*Ground glass hepatocytes - see [[liver|introduction]]. | |||
==Hepatitis C== | ==Hepatitis C== | ||
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*Periportal steatosis in genotype 3.<ref name=pmid16614743>Yoon EJ, Hu KQ. Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and hepatic steatosis. Int J Med Sci. 2006;3(2):53-6. Epub 2006 Apr 1. PMID 16614743. Avialable at: [http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1415843 http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1415843]. Accessed on: September 9, 2009.</ref> | *Periportal steatosis in genotype 3.<ref name=pmid16614743>Yoon EJ, Hu KQ. Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and hepatic steatosis. Int J Med Sci. 2006;3(2):53-6. Epub 2006 Apr 1. PMID 16614743. Avialable at: [http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1415843 http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1415843]. Accessed on: September 9, 2009.</ref> | ||
**Steatosis in hepatitis C is usually a secondary pathology, i.e. a separate pathologic process.<ref>OA. September 2009.</ref> | **Steatosis in hepatitis C is usually a secondary pathology, i.e. a separate pathologic process.<ref>OA. September 2009.</ref> | ||
==Congestive hepatopathy== | ==Congestive hepatopathy== | ||