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What is the current state of alcohol liver disease? Alcohol liver disease (ALD) represents a spectrum of conditions ranging from steatosis to steatohepatitis to cirrhosis, occurring as a consequence...

What are the benefits of using normothermic machine perfusion during liver transplant? Normothermic machine perfusion (NMP) is associated with decreased risk of early allograft dysfunction...

Bilirubin Pathways & Pitfalls: From Processing to Pathology Learning Objectives: Review the physiology of bilirubin metabolism Differentiate between unconjugated from conjugated hyperbilirubinemia...

ACLF: A Tipping Point in Chronic Liver Disease Learning Objectives Identify and outline basic pathophysiology of acute on chronic liver failure (ACLF) Differentiate ACLF from acute liver failure (ALF)...

This edition of Pathology Pearls will focus on three major patterns of cirrhosis and the subtle histologic clues to the possible etiology. Grossly, there is a distinction based on the size of the...

Prophylactic antibiotics to prevent spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) in patients with cirrhosis have been widely adopted as a standard treatment approach since the early 1990s. Multiple...

This edition of Pathology Pearls will focus on fibrolamellar carcinoma, a subtype of hepatocellular carcinoma which stands in contrast from all other HCCs with rather unique clinical, histopathologic...

Cystic fibrosis is an autosomal recessive disease secondary to a mutation in the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene. Typical manifestations of CF include chronic lung...

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