Topic summary
Liver diseases
Extracted from the Wikipedia article List of hepato-biliary diseases.
Hepato-biliary diseases include liver diseases and biliary diseases. Their study is known as hepatology. Liver diseasesViral hepatitisAcute hepatitis AAcute hepatitis BAcute hepatitis CAcute hepatitis D – this is a superinfection with the delta-agent in a patient already infected with hepatitis BAcute hepatitis EChronic viral hepatitisOther viral hepatitis viruses may exist but their relation to the disease is not firmly established like the previous ones (hepatitis F, GB virus C, hepatitis X)Other infectious diseasesHepatitis: cytomegalovirus infectionherpesviral: herpes simplex infectionToxoplasmosisHepatosplenic schistosomiasisPortal hypertension in schistosomiasisLiver disease in syphilisEpstein–Barr virus infectionyellow fever virus infectionrubella virus infectionleptospirosisEchinococcosisAmoebiasisOther inflammatory diseasesliver abscessautoimmune hepatitisprimary biliary cholangitis (primary biliary cirrhosis)phlebitis of the portal veingranulomatous hepatitis berylliosissarcoidosisnonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH)AlcoholThis may cause fatty liver, hepatitis, fibrosis and sclerosis leading to cirrhosis and finally liver failure. ToxinsThis includes mostly drug-induce