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Liver in Systemic Disease

Introduction This chapter considers hepatic manifestations resulting from diseases of other organs, where liver dysfunction develops secondarily but can be of clinical or morphological significance. Those diseases will be considered here on a systemic basis. Conversely, nonspecific reactive hepatitis, granulomas…

Fatty Liver Disease

Spectrum of fatty liver disease Thomas Addison, known for his description of the eponymous disease, was the first to use the term ‘fatty liver’ in the English medical literature in 1836, most likely referring to alcohol-related liver disease (ALD). Three…