Liver Cirrhosis in a Japanese Institute of Pathology

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Abstract
A total of 113 cases of liver cirrhosis were revealed among 3019 autopsies. The incidence of liver cirrhosis in infancy (0-5 years), childhood (6-19 years) and adults (20 years and more) was 1.8%, 1.3% and 4.9%, respectively. Liver cirrhosis was classified according to criteria in use for more than 50 years in Japan, almost the same as Gall''s criteria. The incidence of each type of liver cirrhosis was reported, including the extreme rareness of type C (nutritional [Gall]). Morphological changes in the liver with the progress of the cirrhotic condition were studied. Three sorts of cirrhosis, A, B, and C (or postnecrotic, posthepatitic, and nutritional [Gall]), advance in different directions. These processes are shown in a diagram. The transitional stages between types A, B, and C cirrhosis are discussed, suggesting a major classification into specific and non-specific cirrhosis of the liver.

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