Primary biliary cirrhosis: Pathophysiology, clinical presentation and therapy

Figure 1 Lower (A) and higher (B) magnification photomicrographs of a liver biopsy sample in a patient with early primary biliary cirrhosis shows a moderately severe, mixed inflammatory infiltrate consisting mostly of lymphocytes and plasma cells concentrated around small bile ducts in the portal area. Note the absence of inflammation around hepatocytes (H and E stains). Both figures obtained with permission (granted under the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2) from: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Primary_biliary_cirrhosis_intermed_mag_2.jpg. Accessed March 10, 2015.