Hepatology

Hepatology is the branch of medicine that is concerned with disorders of the liver, gall bladder and biliary 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
- 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
Cirrhosis
Hepatic tumours (tumours of the liver)
- Hepatocarcinoma (primary hepatic cancer)
- Hepatoblastoma
- Mestatic tumour
- Hepatic cysts
- Cavernous haemangioma
- Liver echinococcus
- Liver adenoma
- Focal nodular hyperplasia
Tumours of the biliary system
- Cholangiocarcionoma
- Gall bladder cancer

Health science - Medicine - Gastroenterology - edit
Diseases of the esophagus - stomach
Halitosis \| Nausea \| Vomiting \| GERD \| Achalasia \| Esophageal cancer \| Esophageal varices \| Peptic ulcer \| Abdominal pain \| Stomach cancer \| Functional dyspepsia
Diseases of the liver - pancreas - gallbladder - biliary tree
Hepatitis \| Cirrhosis \| NASH \| PBC \| PSC \| Budd-Chiari syndrome \| Hepatocellular carcinoma \| Acute pancreatitis \| Chronic pancreatitis \| Pancreatic cancer \| Gallstones \| Cholecystitis
Diseases of the small intestine
Peptic ulcer \| Intussusception \| Malabsorption (e.g. celiac disease, lactose intolerance, fructose malabsorption, Whipple's disease) \| Lymphoma
Diseases of the colon
Diarrhea \| Appendicitis \| Diverticulitis \| Diverticulosis \| IBD (Crohn's disease, Ulcerative colitis) \| Irritable bowel syndrome \| Constipation \| Colorectal cancer \| Hirschsprung's disease \| Pseudomembranous colitis

The content of this page is retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hepatology under GFDL