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===Cirrhosis=== | ===Cirrhosis=== | ||
*Cirrhosis ''is'' stage 4 (Laennec). | *Cirrhosis ''is'' stage 4 (Laennec). | ||
**The formal Robbins definitions is:<ref name=Ref_PCPBoD8_439>{{Ref PCPBoD8|439}}</ref> (1) bridging fibrosis, (2) nodule formation, and (3) disruption of the hepatic architecture. | |||
*The etiology of late stage fibrosis (cirrhosis), may be impossible to determine. | *The etiology of late stage fibrosis (cirrhosis), may be impossible to determine. | ||
*Perisinusoidal fibrosis may suggest congestive hepatopathy.<ref>OA. September 15, 2009.</ref> | *Perisinusoidal fibrosis may suggest congestive hepatopathy.<ref>OA. September 15, 2009.</ref> | ||