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→Alcoholic liver disease
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*Acute and/or chronic liver changes due to alcohol use. | *Acute and/or chronic liver changes due to alcohol use. | ||
*Includes ASH (alcoholic steatohepatitis). | *Includes ASH (alcoholic steatohepatitis). | ||
*Alcoholic hepatitis can be with minimal steatosis.<ref>STC. 6 December 2010.</ref> | |||
===Classic lab findings in EtOH abusers=== | ===Classic lab findings in EtOH abusers=== | ||
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**May be macronodular. | **May be macronodular. | ||
=== | ===Microscopic=== | ||
See: | See: | ||
*''[[Steatohepatitis]]'' section and ''[[ballooning degeneration]]'' section. | *''[[Steatohepatitis]]'' section and ''[[ballooning degeneration]]'' section. | ||
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*Neutrophils (often helpful to differentiate) -- few other things have PMNs. | *Neutrophils (often helpful to differentiate) -- few other things have PMNs. | ||
*Cholestatsis common, i.e. yellow staining. | *Cholestatsis common, i.e. yellow staining. | ||
**NASH (non-alcoholic steatohepatitis) usu. does not have cholestasis.<ref>STC. 6 December 2010.</ref> | |||
*Fibrosis starts at central veins. | *Fibrosis starts at central veins. | ||