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World J Gastroenterol. Nov 28, 2014; 20(44): 16474-16479
Published online Nov 28, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i44.16474
Published online Nov 28, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i44.16474
Pathology of alcoholic liver disease, can it be differentiated from nonalcoholic steatohepatitis?
Puja Sakhuja, Department of Pathology, GB Pant Hospital, New Delhi 110002, India
Author contributions: Sakhuja P solely contributed to this manuscript.
Correspondence to: Puja Sakhuja, MD, Professor, Department of Pathology, GB Pant Hospital, Room 327, JL Nehru Marg, New Delhi 110002, India. pujasak@gmail.com
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Received: May 23, 2014
Revised: July 28, 2014
Accepted: September 12, 2014
Published online: November 28, 2014
Revised: July 28, 2014
Accepted: September 12, 2014
Published online: November 28, 2014
Core Tip
Core tip: Alcoholic steatohepatitis (ASH) is well described. Absence of steatosis should not rule out ASH. Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis though histologically similar to ASH, does have important differences, which a pathologist should recognize.