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Chapter-10 Alcoholic Liver Disease

BOOK TITLE: Liver Biopsy Made Easy

Author
1. Gupta Nalini Bansal
ISBN
9789386150264
DOI
10.5005/jp/books/14215_11
Edition
1/e
Publishing Year
2018
Pages
3
Author Affiliations
1. SRL Ltd, Fortis Escorts Heart Institute, New Delhi, India
Chapter keywords
Alcoholic liver disease, ALD, hepatic steatosis, alcoholic steatohepatitis, ASH, cirrhosis, microscopy, cholestasis, steatosis

Abstract

The objective of this chapter is to introduce the alcoholic liver disease. Alcoholic liver disease is a leading cause of liver cirrhosis in the western population. Alcoholic liver disease (ALD) includes three distinctive liver diseases following as hepatic steatosis, alcoholic steatohepatitis (ASH) and cirrhosis. This chapter covers the pathophysiology of ALD, clinical features of ALD, laboratory investigation, microscopy, and features suggestive of alcoholic steotohepatitis over NASH. Alcoholic steotohepatitis (ASH) on a liver biopsy show mixed features including cholestasis, steatosis, and predominance of MDB’s.

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