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*Diagnosis is by serology. | *Diagnosis is by serology. | ||
=== | ===Microscopic=== | ||
Features: | |||
*Lobular inflammation - this is non-specific finding. | *Lobular inflammation - this is non-specific finding. | ||
*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> | ||
DDx: | |||
*Hepatitis B (without ground glass hepatocytes). | |||
*Autoimmune hepatitis. | |||
*Primary biliary cirrhosis without granulomas. | |||
*Drug reaction. | |||
==Congestive hepatopathy== | ==Congestive hepatopathy== | ||