Cirrhosis

Background of cirrhosis

Type Clinical features 
Definition 
  • Progressive hepatic fibrosis with distorted architecture and regenerative nodules 
Etiologies 
  • Alcoholic liver disease 
  • Alpha-1 antitrypsin disease 
  • Autoimmune hepatitis 
  • Hepatitis B and C 
  • Infections (eg, brucella) 
  • Medications (eg, methotrexate) 
  • Nonalcoholic liver disease 
  • Primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) 
  • Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) 
  • Right sided congestive heart failure (Cardiac cirrhosis) 
  • Veno-occlusive disease 
Stages of liver disease 
    • Fatty liver 
    • Hepatic fibrosis 
    • Cirrhosis 
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