Hepatosis - Glossary Of Medical Terms

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Hepatosis - Glossary Of Medical Terms
Hepatosis - Glossary Of Medical Terms

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Hepatosis

Hepatosis (hepatosis, Greek hēpar, hēpatos - liver + Greek -ōsis (word-form suffix) - disease; synonym: tropopathic hepatitis) is a name that unites a number of liver diseases, characterized by dystrophic changes in the hepatic parenchyma against the background of the absence or slight severity of symptoms of inflammation …

  • fatty (adiposa; synonyms: fatty liver, fatty liver dystrophy) - morphologically expressed by fatty degeneration of hepatocytes; it is noted in endocrine disorders (mainly in diabetes mellitus), hypoxia, toxic effects on liver tissue, nutritional disorders (protein-vitamin deficiency, hunger);
  • pigment (pigmentosa) - is characterized by disorders of pigment metabolism and is caused by genetically determined enzymopathies; hepatosis pigmentary includes the syndromes Dubin - Johnson, Rotor, Gilbert - Meilengracht, Crigler - Nayyar;
  • cholestatic (cholestatica) - associated with intrahepatic cholestasis caused by disorders of the metabolism of bile acids and cholesterol, for example, during pregnancy or when using a number of drugs (chlorpromazine, anticoagulants, hormonal steroid drugs and many others).

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