Hepatology

Hepatology is the branch of medicine that is concerned with disorders of the liver, gall bladder[?] and biliary ducts.

The most important diseases that hepatology studies are:

• Hepatitis
  • Non-viral hepatitis[?]
  • Acute Viral Hepatitis[?]
    • HAV Hepatitis
    • HBV Hepatitis
    • HCV Hepatitis
    • Human Cytomegalovirus Hepatitis
    • Epstein-Barr virus Hepatitis
    • Herpes simplex virus Hepatitis
    • Yellow fever virus Hepatitis
    • Rubella virus Hepatitis
  • Chronic Viral Hepatitis[?]
• Tumours of the liver
  • Hepatocarcinoma[?] (primary hepatic cancer)
  • Hepatoblastoma[?]
  • Mestatic tumour[?]
  • Hepatic cysts[?]
  • Cavernous haemangioma[?]
  • Liver echinococcus[?]
• Tumours of the biliary system
  • Cholangiocarcionoma
  • Gall bladder cancer