The liver takes a hit and gets inflamed. That is acute hepatitis. If it never settles, it smolders on for months as chronic hepatitis. Over years, scar tissue takes the place of working liver cells. That is cirrhosis, and it is permanent. Click through the stages and watch the tissue change.
Inside the liver
The liver is on the left. A close-up patch of tissue is on the right. Watch healthy cells give way to swelling, then to scar.