In developing countries, liver biopsy is the gold standard test for the diagnosis of<unk> . The presence of bridging fibrous septa, parenchymal nodules bearing a mixture of replicating and sensecent hepatocytes and involvement of most or all of the liver are confirmatory of<unk> . Liver biopsy helps in confirmation of the diagnosis, determination of prognosis, underlying etiology, management of rejection subsequent to liver transplantation and evaluation of abnormal hepatic investigations. Sample of the liver may be obtained by Percutaneous, transjugular and laparoscopic radiographically- guided fine-needle approach. However, percutaneous liver biopsy is considered as the cornerstone of diagnosis. In developed countries, Fibroscan (transient elastography) is replacing liver biopsy as the gold standard diagnostic modality.
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