Alcoholic liver disease and circulatory disorders of the liver

At the end of this lecture student should be able to:

• List and describe the spectrum of alcoholic liver disease.
• Describe the pathology of alcoholic liver disease.
• Explain the pathogenesis of fatty liver.
• List the causes for fatty liver.
• Describe the spectrum of non alcoholic fatty liver disease and distinguish it from alcoholic fatty liver disease
• List the circulatory disorders affecting the liver and their pathophysiological basis
  Briefly describe the pathology of some of the circulatory disorders affecting the liver – chronic passive congestion, central haemorrhagic necrosis, Budd Chiari syndrome, portal venous obstruction and hepatic veno occlusive disease.