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• CirrhosisRelated: Biopsy can establish cirrhosis or clarify its cause when noninvasive tests are inconclusive.

• Drug-induced liver injuryRelated: Biopsy can clarify injury patterns when blood tests and clinical history do not settle the diagnosis.

• Liver function testsRelated: It can answer diagnostic questions that blood tests and imaging leave unresolved.

• FibrosisRelated: Biopsy can reveal and grade liver scarring, though it samples only a small area.

• Wilson's diseaseRelated: Measuring hepatic copper can help establish the diagnosis when blood and urine tests are inconclusive.

• Liver fibrosisRelated: Biopsy can reveal collagen deposition and grade fibrosis, though sampling may miss uneven disease.

• Primary sclerosing cholangitisRelated: Biopsy may help when imaging is inconclusive or small-duct disease is suspected.

• Autoimmune hepatitisRelated: Tissue findings help confirm inflammation, assess fibrosis, and exclude competing diagnoses.

• HepatitisRelated: It can clarify the cause or severity when blood tests are insufficient.

• Primary biliary cholangitisRelated: It can stage injury or clarify uncertain cases, though typical cases often need no biopsy.

• Dubin–Johnson syndromeRelated: Biopsy can reveal dark pigment in hepatocytes, though it is rarely needed for diagnosis.

• Hepatic stellate cellRelated: Biopsy can reveal fibrotic matrix and activated stellate cells in diseased liver.

• Hepatitis DRelated: It can assess liver inflammation and scarring when blood tests do not show disease severity.

• Liver cancerRelated: Tissue analysis can establish tumor type when imaging alone is insufficient.

• Alagille syndromeRelated: Biopsy can show bile-duct paucity, though findings vary with age.

• Biliary atresiaRelated: Biopsy findings can support the diagnosis and help distinguish biliary atresia from other causes of cholestasis.

• Non-alcoholic fatty liver diseaseRelated: It can distinguish steatohepatitis and stage fibrosis when noninvasive tests are insufficient.

• Hereditary haemochromatosisRelated: It can assess liver injury and iron when noninvasive tests are insufficient.