Such biopsies may reveal micronodular cirrhosis with evidence of copper deposition in a variable distribution throughout the liver lobules. Eventually, this histology progresses to that of chronic ...

Liver cirrhosis is irreversible damage or scarring to the liver as a result of advanced liver disease (such as hepatitis) that stops the liver functioning, potentially leading to liver failure.

Burroughs, F.Med.Sci.; Amar P. Dhillon, M.D. A histologic diagnosis of cirrhosis may be impossible in some cases of macronodular (or mixed macro- and micronodular) cirrhosis because needle biopsy ...