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infiltration
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This sign may stem from diverse pathophysiologic mechanisms, including dilated hepatic sinusoids (in heart failure), persistently high venous pressure leading to liver congestion (in chronic constrictive pericarditis), dysfunction and engorgement of hepatocytes (in hepatitis), fatty infiltration of parenchymal cells causing fibrous tissue (in cirrhosis), distention of liver cells with glycogen (in diabetes), and infiltration of amyloid (in amyloidosis).
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2) Differentiation must also be made from Crohn's disease, where fibrofatty changes (which are characterized by ulcerations along the mesenteric border) are present, extending into the leaves of mesentery with fatty infiltration, thickening, and retraction.
Radiological case of the month: Leizle Talangbayan Gabisan, MD; ... by Gabisan, Talangbayan Liezle; Rashid, Salman; Ruchman, Richard / Applied Radiology
24) Obesity-associated Liver Disease Hyperlipidemia leads to fatty infiltration of the liver with the potential for hepatic disease.
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