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Fatty liver

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Hepatic steatosis or fatty liver is the excessive accumilation of fatty acids (triglyceride) in the form of lipid droplets in the cytoplasm of hepatocytes (1,2).

Fatty liver can be:

  • alcohol related fatty liver disease
  • non- alcohiolic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) - in the absence of excessive alcohol consumption (2)

Histologically steatosis can be

  • macrovacuolar steatosis - there are large intracytoplasmic vacuoles which displacecs the nucleus to the periphery of the cells.
  • microvacuolar steatosis - smaller vacuoles are present, the nucleus is in a central position, can occur with the macrovacuolar form (1)

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