Cirrhosis:
Chapter: 14
End stage liver disease in which the liver appears nodular and fibrosed. Cirrhosis occurs in several morphologic forms (e.g. Micronodular macronodular). Cirrhosis may be an outcome and or complication of viral hepatitis, alcohol abuse, drug toxicity, hereditary metabolic diseases (AAT deficiency, Wilson disease). Unless treated by transplantation cirrhosis has an invariably lethal outcome.
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