Interpretation of liver biopsy findings depends very much on clinicopathological correlation. In some cases, a liver biopsy may be taken in order to reach a primary diagnosis. In other cases, for example a patient with chronic hepatitis C infection, a diagnosis may already have been made and the biopsy is taken for other reasons, in this instance to assess the necroinflammatory grade and fibrosis stage.

This book, which is written by a pathologist (Gary C Kanel) and a physician (Jacob Korula), provides a practical approach to the assessment of liver biopsies and the correlation of histological …