Pathological Anatomy. Atlas of Macroscopic Specimens - Part 2. Pathology of Individual Organs and Systems - A. M. Romaniuk 2016

Pathology of the Cardiovascular System. Diffuse Connective Tissue Diseases. Pathology of the Respiratory System
Fatty liver degeneration in croupous pneumonia

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Fatty liver degeneration in lobar pneumonia

Fatty liver degeneration is characterized by a sharp increase in fat content and A change in fat composition within hepatocytes. Initially, lipid granules appear in the liver Cells (dust-like steatosis), followed by small droplets (small-droplet steatosis), which subsequently merge into large droplets (large-droplet steatosis) or form a single fat vacuole that fills the entire Cytoplasm and displaces The Nucleus to the periphery. Macroscopically, the liver is enlarged, bloodless, flaccid in consistency, and exhibits a yellow or ochre-yellow color.



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