Pathological Anatomy. Atlas of Macroscopic Specimens - Part 1. General Pathological Processes - A. M. Romanyuk 2016
Morphology of intracellular and extracellular accumulation of proteins, carbohydrates, and lipids. Morphology of pathological accumulation of endogenous and exogenous pigments. Morphology of mineral metabolism disorders. Processes of regeneration, adaptation, and compensation: hyperplasia, hypertrophy, atrophy, organization
Fatty liver disease, stage I
Class="center">Жирова дистрофія печінки I стадії" height="379" src="/medical/pathologic/pathologic.files/image002.jpg" width="336"/>
This is an example of parenchymal lipomatosis characterized by the accumulation of neutral fats in hepatocytes. Causes include chronic Hypoxia, cardiovascular and chronic respiratory diseases, anemia, intoxication, infectious diseases, and endocrine and Metabolic Disorders. Consequences: 1) removal of the underlying cause may lead to the resorption of fat; 2) prolonged exposure leads to the progression to the next stage of tissue damage.
Last update: 10/08/2026
Editorial and Educational Adaptation: This material has been compiled based on the primary/original source text. The project team performed an editorial review, corrected technical inaccuracies, structured sections, and adapted the content for an educational format.
What was processed:
- elimination of formatting defects (OCR errors, structural breaks, corrupted characters);
- editorial organization of content;
- standardization of terminology in accordance with academic sources;
- verification of factual statements against the original source text.
All mentions of the author, publication year, and origin of the primary text have been preserved in accordance with the source.