An update on chronic hepatitis

الملخص EN

Chronic hepatitis has been broadly defined as liver inflammation without improvement for at least 6 months.

A more accurate definition is Hit is a chronic necroinflammatory disease of variable severity that is not associated with features of chronic cholestasis or with steatasis or Malory body-formation." Histological classification of chronic hepatitis included chronic persis-tent hepatitis.

Chronic active hepatitis, and chronic lobular hepatitis.

The histo-pathological aspects of chronic hepatitis are discussed.