Acute Hepatitis Including Acute Liver Failure
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<strong>Liver</strong> Biopsy in <strong>Acute</strong> <strong>Hepatitis</strong><br />
Histological Approach<br />
1. Is this acute or chronic damage?<br />
• severe acute hepatitis versus<br />
• decompensated chronic liver disease<br />
• acute exacerbation of chronic liver disease (e.g. autoimmune hepatitis,<br />
hepatitis A/E superimposed on underlying cirrhosis)<br />
2. How severe is the damage?<br />
3. What is the cause?