[Functional morphology of the liver in obstructive jaundice].

The conducted clinico-experimental study (an investigation of the functional and morphological state of the liver in impaired bile outflow) indicated different compensatory reactions. It is the authors' opinion that bile congestion in the liver is accompanied with proliferation of bile ducts; a damaging effect of bile components, in the first place bilious acids, is manifested in pericholangitis, periductal fibrosis and later in the development of biliary cirrhosis; alterations of the parenchyma occur secondarily also as a result of the toxic effect of bilous components and show a focal character.