Hepatology is the branch of medicine that is concerned with disorders of the liver, gall bladder and biliary ducts.

The most important diseases that hepatology studies are:

  • Hepatitis
  • Tumours of the liver
    • Hepatocarcinoma (primary hepatic cancer)
    • Hepatoblastoma
    • Mestatic tumour
    • Hepatic cysts
    • Cavernous haemangioma
    • Liver echinococcus
  • Tumours of the biliary system
    • Cholangiocarcionoma
    • Gall bladder cancer