Liver Disease

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xii

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2. Drug-Induced Liver Injury

   • Dennis L. Shung, Joseph K. Lim

   Pages 1-10

3. Acute Alcoholic Hepatitis

   • Sasan Sakiani, Arthur McCullough

   Pages 11-24

4. Ascites

   • Melissa Corson, Lisa M. Najarian, Sammy Saab

   Pages 25-36

5. Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis

   • Mona Hassan, Dilip Moonka

   Pages 37-45

6. Hepatorenal Syndrome

   • Yumi Ando, Joseph Ahn

   Pages 47-59

7. Chronic Hepatitis B

   • Lindsay Meurer, Anthony Post

   Pages 61-73

8. Chronic Hepatitis C

   • Stanley Martin Cohen

   Pages 75-87

9. Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

   • Nael N. Haddad, Amandeep Singh, Mazyar Malakouti, Naim Alkhouri

   Pages 89-103

10. Liver Disease and Pregnancy

    • Lydia Aye, Tram Tran

    Pages 105-115

11. Asymptomatic, Nonmalignant Liver Masses: A Radiologist’s Approach

    • Raj Mohan Paspulati

    Pages 117-140

12. Hepatocellular Carcinoma

    • Daniel B. Karb, Seth N. Sclair

    Pages 141-154

13. Abnormal Liver Tests

    • Paul Y. Kwo, Katherine Wong

    Pages 155-163

14. General Care of the Cirrhotic Patient

    • Paul A. Schmeltzer, Mark W. Russo

    Pages 165-177

15. Hepatic Encephalopathy

    • Eric Kallwitz, Zurabi Lominadze

    Pages 179-193

16. Esophageal Varices

    • Sofia Simona Jakab, Guadalupe Garcia-Tsao

    Pages 195-208

17. Autoimmune Hepatitis

    • John F. Reinus, Kristina R. Chacko

    Pages 209-220

18. Primary Biliary Cholangitis

    • Andrew R. Scheinberg, Cynthia Levy

    Pages 221-235

19. Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis

    • Shivani Ketan Shah, Marina G. Silveira

    Pages 237-254

20. General Overview of the Liver Transplant Patient

    • Anjana Pillai, Thomas Couri

    Pages 255-277

This clinical casebook provides a concise yet comprehensive state-of-the-art review of liver disease. Presented in a case-based format, each case features a scenario centered on a different variant of liver disease, with sections on case history, diagnosis/assessment, treatment, outcomes, alternative approaches, and clinical pearls. Diseases covered include drug-induced liver injury, acute hepatitis, chronic hepatitis, NAFLD, and cholangitis. Scenarios such as liver disease in pregnancy, elevated liver function tests, and liver transplants are also presented in the casebook.


Written by experts in the field, Liver Disease: A Clinical Casebook is a valuable resource for clinicians and practitioners who treat patients with liver disease.

• hepatitis
• NAFLD
• DILI
• cholangitis
• cirrhosis
• hepatocellular carcinoma
• hepatology

• Case Western Reserve University, School of Medicine, University Hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland, USA

  Stanley Martin Cohen

• Case Western Reserve University, University Hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland, USA

  Perica Davitkov

Stanley Martin Cohen, MD, FAASLD, FACG
Medical Director, Hepatology
Digestive Health Institute
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
Professor of Medicine
Division of Gastroenterology and Liver Disease
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine 
Cleveland, OH
USA


Perica Davitkov, MD
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
Division of Gastroenterology and Liver Disease
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine  
Cleveland, OH USA

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