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| Micro      = fatty change (macrovesicular or microvesicular and periportal or centrilobular), negative for ballooning degeneration, negative for significant inflammation - esp. [[neutrophils]]
| Micro      = fatty change (macrovesicular or microvesicular and periportal or centrilobular), negative for ballooning degeneration, negative for significant inflammation - esp. [[neutrophils]]
| Subtypes  = macrovesicular steatosis (periportal, centrilobular), microvesicular steatosis
| Subtypes  = macrovesicular steatosis (periportal, centrilobular), microvesicular steatosis
| LMDDx      = [[steatohepatitis]] (ASH, NASH), [[drug-induced liver injury]]
| LMDDx      = [[steatohepatitis]] (ASH, MASH), [[drug-induced liver injury]]
| Stains    =
| Stains    =
| IHC        =
| IHC        =
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| Molecular  =
| Molecular  =
| IF        =
| IF        =
| Gross      = yellow colour, greasy/slippery feelling, enlarged
| Gross      = yellow colour, greasy/slippery feeling, enlarged
| Grossing  =
| Grossing  =
| Staging    =
| Staging    =
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| Prevalence = very common
| Prevalence = very common
| Bloodwork  =
| Bloodwork  =
| Rads      =
| Rads      = may be estimated by proton density fat fraction (PDFF)
| Endoscopy  =
| Endoscopy  =
| Prognosis  = dependent on underlying cause
| Prognosis  = dependent on underlying cause
| Other      =
| Other      =
| ClinDDx    = [[ASH]], [[NASH]]
| ClinDDx    = [[ASH]], [[MASH]], [[drug-induced liver injury]]
| Tx        = dependent on underlying cause
| 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.
'''Steatosis''', also '''fatty liver''', is a fatty change in the [[liver]] associated with a number of underlying (medical) causes.


==General==
==General==
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Centrilobular predominant (zone III) - ''DOA'':<ref name=pcddx_steatosis/>
Centrilobular predominant (zone III) - ''DOA'':<ref name=pcddx_steatosis/>
*[[Diabetes mellitus]].
*[[Diabetes mellitus]].
*[[Obesity]], non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH).
*[[Obesity]], metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis ([[MASH]]).
*[[Alcoholic liver disease]], alcoholic steatohepatitis (ASH).
*[[Alcoholic liver disease]], alcoholic steatohepatitis (ASH).


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*Total parenteral nutrition (TPN).
*Total parenteral nutrition (TPN).
*[[AIDS]].
*[[AIDS]].
*[[Phosphorus poisoning]].
*Phosphorus poisoning.
*Exogenous steroids.
*Exogenous steroids.
*[[Starvation]].<ref name=pmid10600264>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Nagy | first1 = I. | last2 = Németh | first2 = J. | last3 = Lászik | first3 = Z. | title = Effect of L-aminocarnitine, an inhibitor of mitochondrial fatty acid oxidation, on the exocrine pancreas and liver in fasted rats. | journal = Pharmacol Res | volume = 41 | issue = 1 | pages = 9-17 | month = Jan | year = 2000 | doi = 10.1006/phrs.1999.0565 | PMID = 10600264 }}</ref>
*[[Starvation]].<ref name=pmid10600264>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Nagy | first1 = I. | last2 = Németh | first2 = J. | last3 = Lászik | first3 = Z. | title = Effect of L-aminocarnitine, an inhibitor of mitochondrial fatty acid oxidation, on the exocrine pancreas and liver in fasted rats. | journal = Pharmacol Res | volume = 41 | issue = 1 | pages = 9-17 | month = Jan | year = 2000 | doi = 10.1006/phrs.1999.0565 | PMID = 10600264 }}</ref>
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*Donor livers with more ''macrovescicular steatosis'' = worse outcome.
*Donor livers with more ''macrovescicular steatosis'' = worse outcome.
**More than 30% means the liver is undesirable for [[Liver transplantation pathology|transplantation]].<ref>STC. 6 December 2010.</ref>
**More than 30% means the liver is undesirable for [[Liver transplantation pathology|transplantation]].<ref>STC. 6 December 2010.</ref>
==Gross==
*Yellow colour.
*Greasy/slippery feeling.
*Enlarged.
Note:
*May be estimated on MRI by proton density fat fraction (PDFF).<ref name=pmid23382291>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Tang | first1 = A. | last2 = Tan | first2 = J. | last3 = Sun | first3 = M. | last4 = Hamilton | first4 = G. | last5 = Bydder | first5 = M. | last6 = Wolfson | first6 = T. | last7 = Gamst | first7 = AC. | last8 = Middleton | first8 = M. | last9 = Brunt | first9 = EM. | title = Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: MR imaging of liver proton density fat fraction to assess hepatic steatosis. | journal = Radiology | volume = 267 | issue = 2 | pages = 422-31 | month = May | year = 2013 | doi = 10.1148/radiol.12120896 | PMID = 23382291 }}</ref>


==Microscopic==
==Microscopic==
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==See also==
==See also==
*[[Steatohepatitis]].
*[[Steatohepatitis]].
*[[Medical liver disease]].


==References==
==References==