[Morphological diagnostic criteria of nonspecific reactive hepatitis]

The material of 100 punch liver biopsies from patients with a secondary nonspecific reactive hepatitis as a complication of chronic disease of the alimentary canal (gall bladder, pancreas, stomach and intestine) was studied. The criteria of morphological diagnostics of this hepatitis were elaborated. It is established that the morphology of the nonspecific reactive hepatitis depends on the pathogenesis and clinical course of the underlying disease. The response of liver macrophagal system is a basis of inflammatory changes.