hepatitis

Lesional types

 acute hepatitis
 chronic hepatitis
 granulomatous hepatitis

Topography

 portal hepatitis
 lobular hepatitis
 centrilobular hepatitis
 diffuse hepatitis

Etiology

Most episodes of acute and chronic hepatitis can be attributed to one of the known viruses, to autoimmune hepatitis or to a hepatotoxic agent. An exception to this statement is fulminant hepatitis, the cause of which cannot currently be established in a substantial minority of patients, including children.

 infectious hepatitis

• viral hepatitis
  • adenovirus (adenovirus hepatitis )

• bacterial hepatitis
• parasitic hepatitis

 autoimmune hepatitis
 toxic hepatitis

• alcoholic hepatitis
• drugs (drug-induced hepatitis )
• mycotoxins
  • aflatoxins

References

 Tsutsui H, Adachi K, Seki E, Nakanishi K. Cytokine-induced inflammatory liver injuries. Curr Mol Med. 2003 Sep;3(6):545-59. PMID: 14527086