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Granulomatous hepatitis has many forms and causes (Fig. 9.1). Varieties of granuloma in the liver include epithelioid granulomas (non-caseating or caseating), necrotic palisading granulomas (i.e., abscessed or suppurative granulomas), lipogranulomas, foamy macrophage aggregates, microgranulomas, and fibrin ring granulomas. A condensed differential diagnosis is available in Table 9.1.
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Gonzalez, R.S., Washington, K. (2016). Granulomas. In: Non-Neoplastic Liver Pathology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31424-2_9
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