A disorder characterized by replacement of the liver parenchyma with fibrous tissue and regenerative nodules. It is usually caused by alcoholism, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C. Complications include the development of ascites, esophageal varices, bleeding, and hepatic encephalopathy. A disorder characterized by replacement of the liver parenchyma with fibrous tissue and regenerative nodules. It is usually caused by alcoholisms, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C. Complications include the development of ascites, esophageal varices, bleeding, and hepatic encephalopathy. Liver disease in which the normal microcirculation, the gross vascular anatomy, and the hepatic architecture have been variably destroyed and altered with fibrous septa surrounding regenerated or regenerating parenchymal nodules.
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CL - Cirrhosis of liver; Cirrhosis of liver (disorder); Cirrhosis of liver NOS; Cirrhosis of liver NOS (disorder); Cirrhosis of liver without mention of alcohol; DOID:5082; Hepatic Cirrhoses; Hepatic cirrhosis; Hepatic cirrhosis, NOS; Liver Cirrhoses; Liver Fibroses; Liver Fibrosis; NCIT:C2951; cirrhosis; http://identifiers.org/medgen/7368; http://identifiers.org/mesh/D008103; http://identifiers.org/snomedct/19943007; http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0023890