A liver biopsy is an outpatient procedure that your doctor may recommend to diagnose an underlying medical condition. The procedure may cause pain, but it’s usually short lasting. Many liver biopsies ...

Expert clinicians remark on the current role of the liver biopsy in the diagnosis of advanced fibrosis due to nonalcoholic steatohepatitis and highlight considerations for utilizing newer, noninvasive ...

Researchers have created a liquid biopsy test, which uses two circulating proteins, to test for major liver diseases. The test was found to be highly accurate, sensitive, and specific for both NASH ...

The popularity of noninvasive options to diagnose liver disease has been growing, but are there times when more traditional methods like liver biopsy are still needed for a precise diagnosis? Medical ...

The majority of reviews and editorials on this topic have been authored by hepatologists, rather than pathologists. This is appropriate because it is the clinician who is charged with evaluating the ...

Dorothy M. M. Kersten Professor of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio; Medical Director, Liver Transplantation Program, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical ...

Doctors can often diagnose liver cancer with a CT scan and blood tests. A biopsy may be needed if imaging results are inconclusive. Liver cancer is often diagnosed after someone develops symptoms such ...

A grave case of alleged negligence occurred at Islamabad's Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) Hospital, where a ...

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My friend has cryptogenic cirrhosis. She says that the doctors don’t know what causes it. Where could this have come ...

My friend has cryptogenic cirrhosis. She says that the doctors don't know what causes it. Where could this have come from, and what does this mean for her? — A.T.G. Dear A.T.G.: "Cryptogenic" is from ...

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the most common cause of chronic liver disease, and if it is accurately predicted ...