The Pathguy on the liver

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http://www.pathguy.com/lectures/liver.htm

This site is made by a pathology teacher for his students. There are

many other sections, too: I've been to auto-immunity and

urinanalysis. There are links to pictures.

From the liver section:

Cholesterol stones may be pure or contaminated with calcium, oxalate,

and/or bilirubin. They result from bile becoming super-saturated with

cholesterol. They are yellow and range in size from infinitesimal (in

aggregate, these are the potentially-lethal " sludge " ) to large

barrel-shape casts of the gallbladder.

And:

Future clinicians: Try grapefruit juice for pruritus of liver disease

(Ann. Int. Med, 126: 920, 1997).

(Pruritis = itching.)

-- Helge