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