[The pathogenetic and diagnostic characteristics of cholestatic forms of viral hepatitis]

Some specificities of pathogenesis of cholestatic forms are submitted together with classification of causes of cholestatic syndrome in viral hepatitis. The problems of diagnosis of cholestatic forms of viral hepatitis are highlighted with special reference to specific features of the underlying pathological process, with special emphasis being placed on using those techniques sparing the injured parenchyma of the liver, biochemical and ultrasound ones among their number. Criteria have been established of ultrasound diagnosis for different forms of cholestasis in viral hepatitis.