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I dont understand the term interface hepatitis, i realise that it is a form of necrosis associated with chronic viral hepatitis infection and it involves inflammation of the portal tract and it causes disruption to the connective tissue around the portal tract and that the inflmmation which is localised to the inflamed portal tracts attacks and destroys the periportal hepatocytes
the gross morphology of piece meal necrosis is a moth bitten appearance and we can diagnose the severity of interface hepatitis by the number of necrotised/inflamed portal tracts in the liver parenchyma.
Is there something i'm lacking, i dont understand the point in this, its a special type of necrosis that effects the portal tracts and is associated mainly with chronic viral infection?
the gross morphology of piece meal necrosis is a moth bitten appearance and we can diagnose the severity of interface hepatitis by the number of necrotised/inflamed portal tracts in the liver parenchyma.
Is there something i'm lacking, i dont understand the point in this, its a special type of necrosis that effects the portal tracts and is associated mainly with chronic viral infection?