TABLE 2
FROM:
Liver Pathology: Cirrhosis, Hepatitis, and Primary Liver Tumors. Update and Diagnostic Problems
Linda Ferrell
BACK TO ARTICLETABLE 2. Features of Alcoholic Cirrhosis
| Often seen in a micronodular pattern |
| Mallory hyaline, especially centrilobular |
| Fatty change |
| Centrilobular sclerosis |
| Pericellular, perivenular fibrosis ("chicken-wire" pattern) |
| Fairly uniform, diffuse process |
| Paucity of inflammation |
| Central–central, central–portal bridging prominent |
From Ferrell LD. Liver and gallbladder pathology. In: Weidner N, editor. The difficult diagnosis in surgical pathology. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders; 1996. p. 285. Reprinted with permission.
