Cirrhosis reversal: a duel between dogma and myth
VJ Desmet, T Roskams - Journal of hepatology, 2004 - Elsevier
The term cirrhosis itself and the liver pathology it indicates, have been a source of confusion
and debate at the beginning of the 20th century, and apparently remains so at the start of the
third millenium. It was Laennec who in 1819 rather casually introduced the term cirrhosis in
a footnote in his 'Traité de l'Auscultation'[1]; he regarded the granulations as neoformations,
and because of their colour he called the condition in the liver 'cirrhosis', since 'kirros' in
Greek means yellow or tawny. At the turn of the 20th century, a confusing plurality of types …
and debate at the beginning of the 20th century, and apparently remains so at the start of the
third millenium. It was Laennec who in 1819 rather casually introduced the term cirrhosis in
a footnote in his 'Traité de l'Auscultation'[1]; he regarded the granulations as neoformations,
and because of their colour he called the condition in the liver 'cirrhosis', since 'kirros' in
Greek means yellow or tawny. At the turn of the 20th century, a confusing plurality of types …