Evaluating Liver Test Abnormalities
Understanding the Pathophysiology of Liver Disease
for Health Care Providers
Final Quiz
Question 5 of 17
Answer
a. Hepatocellular and cholestatic
The two main patterns of liver injury are hepatocellular (main injury as the hepatocyte level) and cholestatic (main injury at any level of the biliary excretory system). Liver cell necrosis will lead to a hepatocellular injury pattern. Obstruction or damage to the bile ducts and infiltrative disease will lead to cholestasis.