List of hepato-biliary diseases


Hepato-biliary diseases include liver diseases and biliary diseases. Their study is known as hepatology.

Liver diseases

Viral hepatitis

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

Toxins

This includes mostly drug-induced hepatotoxicity, which may generate many different patterns over liver disease, including
Liver damage is part of Reye syndrome.

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.

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.

Metabolic diseases

degeneration of liver

Gallbladder and biliary tract diseases