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Fatty Liver

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Definition: Lipid infiltration of the hepatic parenchymal cells resulting in a yellow-colored liver. The abnormal lipid accumulation is usually in the form of TRIGLYCERIDES, either as a single large droplet or multiple small droplets. Fatty liver is caused by an imbalance in the metabolism of FATTY ACIDS.     
Examples Fatty Liver, Alcoholic; Reye Syndrome 		Other names Steatosis, Liver; Steatoses, Liver; Steatohepatitides; Liver, Fatty; Liver Steatoses; Visceral Steatosis; Steatosis of Liver; Steatohepatitis; Liver Steatosis
 
SubstanceCAS Registry & nameCategoriesSource
Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease  0   *Fatty Liver.
Acute fatty liver of pregnancy  0   *Fatty Liver *Pregnancy Complications.
Fatal neonatal hepatic steatosis  0   *Fatty Liver.
Lipoatrophy with diabetes, hepatic steatosis, cardiomyopathy, and leukomelanodermic papules  0   *Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic *Diabetes Mellitus *Fatty Liver *Lipodystrophy.

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