Hepatology

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Hepatology is the branch of medicine that is concerned with disorders of the liver, gall bladder and bile ducts. Although occasionally practiced by specialised hepatologists, it is most often considered the terrain of gastroenterology.

The most important diseases that hepatology studies are hepatitis, alcoholic liver disease, toxic liver disease and hepatic tumours. Many chronic liver diseases finally end up at a stage called cirrhosis, another important field in hepatology. Hepatologists are also involved in (indications for and follow-up of) liver transplantation.

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[edit] Liver diseases

[edit] Viral hepatitis

[edit] Liver dysfunction in other infectious diseases

[edit] Other inflammatory liver diseases

[edit] Alcoholic liver disease

This may cause fatty liver, hepatitis, fibrosis and sclerosis leading to cirrhosis and finally hepatic failure.

[edit] Toxic liver disease

This includes mostly drug-induced hepatotoxicity, which may generate many different patterns over liver disease, including

Liver damage is part of Reye's syndrome.

[edit] Liver tumours

Malignant neoplasm of liver and intrahepatic bile ducts. The most frequent forms are metastatic malignant neoplasm of liver)

Benign neoplasm of liver include hepatic hemangiomas, hepatic adenomas, and focal nodular hyperplasia (FNH).

[edit] End-stage liver disease

Chronic liver diseases like chronic hepatitis, chronic alcohol abuse or chronic toxic liver disease may cause

Cirrhosis may also occur in primary biliary cirrhosis. Rarely, cirrhosis is congenital.

[edit] Metabolic diseases

[edit] Vascular disorders

[edit] Cysts

[edit] Others

Amyloid degeneration of liver

[edit] Gallbladder and biliary tract diseases

[edit] Diagnosis

In hepatology, important signs and symptoms include:

[edit] Treatment

Includes:

[edit] Scientific research

[edit] Journals

  • The American Journal of Physiology - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology
  • Archives of Gastroenterohepatology
  • Comparative Hepatology
  • Current Hepatitis Reports
  • European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
  • Gastroenterología y Hepatología
  • Gastroenterology (journal of the American Gastroenterological Association)
  • Hepatobiliary & pancreatic diseases international : HBPD INT (First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, China)
  • Hepatology (journal of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases)
  • HPB
  • Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
  • HPB Surgery
  • Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery
  • Journal of Hepatology (journal of the European Association for the Study of Liver Diseases)
  • Journal of Viral Hepatitis
  • Liver
  • Liver Transplantation (from the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases)
  • Nature clinical practice. Gastroenterology & hepatology.

[edit] Societies

  • American Association for the Study of Liver Disease
  • American College of Gastroenterology
  • American Gastroenterological Association
  • American Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association
  • American Liver Society
  • Austrian Society of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
  • British Society of Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
  • Canadian Association for the Study of the Liver
  • Czech Society of Hepatology
  • Danish Association for the Study of the Liver
  • European Association for the Study of the Liver
  • European Society of Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
  • French Association for the Study of the Liver
  • International Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association
  • International Liver Transplantation Society
  • Israel Association for the Study of the Liver
  • North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
  • Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract
  • Spanish Society of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
  • Swiss Association for the Study of the Liver
  • Turkish Association for the Study of the Liver
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Halitosis | Nausea | Vomiting | GERD | Achalasia | Esophageal cancer | Esophageal varices | Peptic ulcer | Abdominal pain | Stomach cancer | Functional dyspepsia | Gastroparesis | Abdominal angina | Malabsorption  (e.g. post-operative gastric bypass procedure, pernicious anemia, for B12)
Diseases of the liver - pancreas - gallbladder - biliary tree
Hepatitis | Cirrhosis | NASH | PBC | PSC | Budd-Chiari | Hepatocellular carcinoma | Acute pancreatitis | Chronic pancreatitis | Hereditary pancreatitis | Pancreatic cancer | Gallstones | Cholecystitis | Malabsorption  (eg. cystic fibrosis)
Diseases of the small intestine
Peptic ulcer | Intussusception | Malabsorption (e.g. Coeliac, lactose intolerance, fructose malabsorption, Whipple's) | Lymphoma
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Diarrhea | Appendicitis | Diverticulitis | Diverticulosis | IBD (Crohn's, Ulcerative colitis) | IBS | Constipation | Colorectal cancer | Hirschsprung's | Pseudomembranous colitis
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