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The '''liver''' is an organ [[pathologist]]s are seeing less of as [[radiologist]]s (with multimodal imaging and triphasic CT scans) are pretty good at sorting-out many types of liver lesions. | The '''liver''' is an organ [[pathologist]]s are seeing less of, as [[radiologist]]s (with multimodal imaging and triphasic CT scans) are pretty good at sorting-out many types of liver lesions. | ||
Liver biopsies are often non-specific | Liver biopsies are quite often non-specific, as the liver isn't very sophisticated; it has the same appearance for many mechanisms of injury. | ||
Almost every differential in liver pathology has "drugs" -- if it isn't clearly malignancy. | Almost every differential in liver pathology has "drugs" -- if it isn't clearly malignancy. | ||
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*The | *The term is used only in conjunction with ''steatohepatitis''. | ||
*''Feathery degeneration'' is the term used in the context of non-fatty disease.<ref>MG. 17 September 2009.</ref> | *''Feathery degeneration'' is the term used in the context of non-fatty disease.<ref>MG. 17 September 2009.</ref> | ||