hepatic fibrosis

Pathology

• excessive accumulation of extracellular matrix proteins including collagen

Diagnostic procedures

• vibration-controlled transient liver elastography may avoid biopsy

Complications

• advanced hepatic fibrosis results in cirrhosis

Notes

• estimations of fibrosis from the fibrosis-4/5 score

More general terms

• liver disease
• fibrosis

More specific terms

• cirrhosis