Clinical Nutrition

Lesson 18: Cirrhosis and Portal hypertension

Types Of Cirrhosis

Three basic types of cirrhosis have been described.

1. Diffuse hepatic fibrosis (portal or Laennec’s cirrhosis)
2. Post necrotic scarring which occurs in livers which have been the seat of massive necrosis
3. Biliary cirrhosis, which occurs as a result of biliary obstruction and superimposed infection

   Cirrhosis is the end point of many types of liver damages. Necrosis Fatty infiltration Fibrosis and nodular regeneration Cirrhosis takes few months to many years to develop