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Data of cases |
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| Cases |
Age |
Discovery |
Other findings |
Surgery |
Pathological findings of non nodular liver |
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| 1 |
37 |
Abdominal pain |
Type 1 diabetes, Hashimoto thyroiditis |
LH |
Some foci of steatotic and clear hepatocytes. Mildly enlarged portal tracts with thickened arteries. |
| 2 |
49 |
Abdominal pain |
Gallbladder lithiasis |
LH |
Micro and macro steatosis (30 %). Few foci of steatotic hepatocytes, some portal tracts with enlarged arteries. |
| 3 |
35 |
Incidental (episode of fever and rise in transaminases) |
Persistant rise in GGT |
RH |
Macrovesicular steatosis (15 %). Small and rare peliotic areas. Accentuation of the lobular septation. |
| 4 |
39 |
Incidental |
LH |
Macrovesicular steatosis (10 %). Small and rare peliotic areas. Some portal tracts with enlarged arteries. |
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| 5 |
49 |
Follow up for chronic alcoholism |
LH + IV |
Severe steatosis (60 %). Few limited areas with dilated sinusoids and peliosis. Often enlarged arteries. |
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| 6 |
29 |
Incidental |
VII |
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| 7 |
32 |
Abdominal pain |
Hemangioma |
V, VI |
Around nodule b, approximation of portal tracts, absence of portal veins, thickened wall of hepatic veins, one steatotic focus. |
| 8 |
47 |
Abdominal pain |
V, VI |
Macrovesicular steatosis (50 %) medio/centro lobular. |
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Cases 1 to 7 are women. Roman numbers indicate the segments of the liver. GGT: gammaglutamyl transpeptidase; HCC: hepatocellular carcinoma: LH: left hepatectomy; LL: left lobe; RL: right lobe. | |||||
Lepreux et al. Comparative Hepatology 2003 2:7 doi:10.1186/1476-5926-2-7 |
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