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'''Steatosis''' is a fatty change in the liver associated with a number of underlying causes.
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It is also known as '''fatty liver'''.
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| Synonyms  = fatty liver
| Micro      = fatty change (macrovesicular or microvesicular and periportal or centrilobular), negative for ballooning degeneration
| Subtypes  = macrovesicular steatosis (periportal, centrilobular), microvesicular steatosis.
| LMDDx      = [[steatohepatitis]] (ASH, NASH), [[drug-induced liver injury]]
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| Gross      = yellow, greasy, enlarged
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| Site      = [[liver]] - see ''[[medical liver disease]]''
| Assdx      = [[obesity]], [[alcoholism]]
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| Prevalence = very common
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| Prognosis  = dependent on underlying cause
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| ClinDDx    = [[ASH]], [[NASH]]
| Tx        = dependent on underlying cause
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'''Steatosis''', also '''fatty liver''', is a fatty change in the liver associated with a number of underlying causes.


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