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Portal inflammation is probably the most commonly observed pattern of liver injury (Fig. 3.1). Two major and common disease processes – chronic viral hepatitis and autoimmune hepatitis – are characterized by prominent portal mononuclear inflammation, and several other diseases feature minor portal inflammation in addition to more characteristic findings.

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  1. Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, USA

    Raul S. Gonzalez

  2. Pathology, Microbiology, Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA

    Kay Washington

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Gonzalez, R.S., Washington, K. (2016). Portal Inflammation. In: Non-Neoplastic Liver Pathology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31424-2_3

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