title: Acute and chronic hepatitis.
abstract: Most liver biopsies performed today are for grading and staging of chronic viral hepatitis and steatohepatitis; there are uncommon indications for liver biopsy in the setting of acute hepatitis. Pathologists must have a broad knowledge of many forms of acute and chronic hepatitis, as well as their variations; these include viral hepatitis, autoimmune hepatitis, drug-induced hepatitis, metabolic diseases, and reactive hepatitis secondary to systemic disease processes. In this article, the authors review the pathological features of acute and chronic hepatitis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA.
authors.forename: Arief A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Suriawinata
authors.forename: Swan N
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Thung
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005234:Fatty Liver / Q000473:pathology; D006505:Hepatitis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology*; D019693:Hepatitis, Autoimmune / Q000473:pathology; D006521:Hepatitis, Chronic / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology*; D006525:Hepatitis, Viral, Human / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008108:Liver Diseases, Alcoholic / Q000473:pathology