Introduction

Abstract

Non-neoplastic liver pathology occupies an unusual niche in surgical pathology. Several other organs (such as the skin, brain, and kidney) demonstrate complex pathophysiological changes often requiring expert training to interpret. In most institutions, however, such specimens are diverted outside the normal workflow to a pathologist focused primarily, if not entirely, on dermatopathology, neuropathology, or medical renal pathology. Liver samples, however, typically fall under the category of “gastrointestinal pathology” and therefore make an appearance in the trenches of routine surgical pathology. As a result, a junior resident is much more likely to stumble into the lines of fire while trying to interpret biliary disease than while scrutinizing abnormal glomeruli.