| BTP | biliary tract pain; biological treatment planning |
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| COBT | chronic obstruction of the biliary tract |
| EHBA | extrahepatic biliary atresia |
| PTBD | percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage; percutaneous transluminal balloon dilatation |
| COLD | Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease |
| necrotic cirrhosis | Post-necrotic cirrhosis, cirrhosis characterised by necrosis involving whole hepatic lobules, with collapse of the reticular framework to form large scars; regeneration nodules are also large; may follow viral or toxic necrosis, or develop as a result of ischemic necrosis. Synonym: necrotic cirrhosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| nutritional cirrhosis | Cirrhosis occurring in persons or animals with general or specific dietary deficiencies; methionine and cystine deficiency may produce changes of cirrhosis in animals, but it is uncertain whether malnutrition in humans leads to cirrhosis or only to reversible fatty infiltration of the liver. (05 Mar 2000) |
| syphilitic cirrhosis | Cirrhosis of the liver occurring as a result of tertiary or congenital syphilis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| toxic cirrhosis | Cirrhosis of the liver resulting from chronic poisoning, as by lead or carbon tetrachloride. (05 Mar 2000) |
| juvenile cirrhosis | <pathology> This is a form of continuing liver inflammation that results in liver cell death. Causes include viral infection (hepatitis D, hepatitis B, hepatitis C), autoimmune disease, drug ingestion or metabolic causes. Chronic active hepatitis will lead to hepatic failure and death in a small percentage of these patients. (27 Sep 1997) |
| fatty cirrhosis | Early nutritional cirrhosis, especially in alcoholics, in which the liver is enlarged by fatty change, with mild fibrosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Laennec's cirrhosis | Alcoholic cirrhosis is a condition of irreversible liver disease due to the chronic inflammatory and toxic effects of ethanol on the liver. In cirrhosis, the liver cells are replaced by fibrous scar tissue. Fibrosis leads to the development of portal hypertension. The development of cirrhosis is directly related to the duration and quantity of alcohol consumption. The manifestations of cirrhosis are related to the liver's inability to not adequately remove waste products from the bloodstream and the effects of portal hypertension. (27 Sep 1997) |
| liver cirrhosis | Liver disease in which the normal microcirculation, the gross vascular anatomy, and the hepatic architecture have been variably destroyed and altered with fibrous septa surrounding regenerated or regenerating parenchymal nodules. (12 Dec 1998) |
| liver cirrhosis, alcoholic | Liver cirrhosis in alcoholics. (12 Dec 1998) |