Hepatology

Primary hepatic angiosarcoma (HAS) is a liver tumour of endothelial cell origin. It is the most common malignant mesenchymal tumour of the liver…

Acute fatty liver of pregnancy (AFLP) is an uncommon disorder affecting women in late pregnancy. It is increasingly recognised as an important cause of…

Hepatic fibrosis is a progressive disease with few treatment options outside of transplantation. Relaxin is a member of the insulin/relaxin superfamily…

Surgical resection has long been considered the gold standard for the local treatment of primary and secondary liver tumours. Until recent years…

The relatively indolent nature of well-differentiated neuroendocrine tumours (NET) and their proclivity to be hormonally active warrants aggressive…

Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is a subtype of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease that is characterised by steatosis, chronic inflammation, and…

Hepatopulmonary syndrome (HPS) may be defined by hepatic disease, gas exchange abnormalities that may lead to hypoxaemia, and the presence of pulmonary…

Haemochromatosis is an iron overload disorder that can be inherited or acquired and when diagnosis is delayed, disease progression and death can occur…