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chronic hepatitis

Subtypes

- portal lesions

- peripotal lesions

- lobular lesions

Lesional syndromes

- chronic active hepatitis

Etiology

- viral chronic hepatitis
- autoimmune chronic hepatitis
- drug-induced chronic hepatitis
- Wilson disease
- alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency
- chronic alcoholic abuse

Synopsis

- mononuclear portal inflammation
- focal hepatocytic necrosis

Differential diagnosis

- resolving acute hepatitis
- nonspecific reactive hepatitis
- hepatic lymphomas

References

- Batts KP, Ludwig J. Chronic hepatitis. An update on terminology and reporting. Am J Surg Pathol. 1995 Dec;19(12):1409-17. PMID: 7503362