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chronic hepatitis
Friday 30 May 2003
Subtypes
portal lesions
- chronic hepatitis without activity
peripotal lesions
- piecemeal necrosis
- periportal fibrosis
lobular lesions
- chronic lobular hepatitis
- hepatocytic necrosis
- swollen hepatocytes
- giant multinucleated hepatocytes
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
