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Embryology The liver develops at 3 to 4 weeks’ gestation as an outgrowing diverticulum of proliferating endodermal cells from the ventral wall of the foregut in response to signals from the adjacent developing heart ( Fig. 71.1 ). In the…
The liver is the target of many infectious agents, most notably hepatotropic viruses such as hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV). In addition, many infectious organisms can involve the liver in the setting of disseminated infection, in…