Hepatology is the branch of medicine that is concerned with disorders
of the liver, gall bladder and biliary ducts. Although occasionally practiced by specialised hepatologists, it is most often considered the terrain of gastroenterology.
The most important diseases that hepatology studies are:
- Hepatitis
- Cirrhosis
- Tumours of the liver
- Hepatocarcinoma (primary hepatic cancer)
- Hepatoblastoma
- Mestatic tumour
- Hepatic cysts
- Cavernous haemangioma
- Liver echinococcus
- Tumours of the biliary system
- Cholangiocarcionoma
- Gall bladder cancer