Glossary entry

Latin term or phrase:

Steatosis hepatis

English translation:

liver steatosis

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Latin term

Steatosis hepatis

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liver steatosis

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agree Orlin Chochov : I always would prefer the Latin-derived terms but lots of doctors tend to ignore them...
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agree dawn39 (X) : yes, or just "steatosis". Have a nice weekend :)
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fatty liver

HTH,
Jacqueline

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agree Elena Sgarbo (X) : Yes
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thank you, Elena
agree dawn39 (X) : yes! Have a nice week-end, Jacqueline :)
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same to you, Dawn, and thank you!
agree Joseph Brazauskas
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thank you, Joseph
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Steatohepatitis

STEATOSIS HEPATIS - Steatosis, Fatty degeneration. Hepatis, Inflammation of the liver.



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neutral dawn39 (X) : "Steatohepatitis" refers to a severe steatosis. Have a nice weekend :)
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(Post grading) Steatosis // Fatty liver // Hepatic / liver steatosis

Hi, Octopus.

*STEATOSIS HEPATIS* -
Steatosis > Fatty degeneration. Hepatis > Inflammation of the liver.
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Just known as "steatosis", though the term can refer to other organs:

steatosis:
Accumulation of fat in the interstitial tissue of an organ.
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STEATOSIS
Medical Dictionary

Definition: build-up of fat in liver cells.
see "fatty liver".
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Steatosis - accumulation of fat in the liver that can cause inflammation and lead to fibrosis and/or cirrhosis.

www.hepcchallenge.org/manual/glossary/Steatosis.htm
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From "Differential Diagnoses in General Medicine"
Author: David Scerri MD MRCP(UK)

STEATOSIS (FATTY LIVER)

-genetic and/or metabolic:
diabetes mellitus1
obesity 1
dysbetalipoproteinemia 1
lipodystrophy 1
cholesterol ester storage disease 3
Weber-Christian disease 1
Wolman’s disease 3
pregnancy 2 (acute fatty liver of pregnancy)

-nutritional:
starvation 1
protein-calorie malnutrition 1
total parenteral nutrition 1
rapid weight loss 1
bowel bypass surgery 1 (done for morbid obesity)

-chronic illness:
inflammatory bowel disease 1
HIV/AIDS 1
small bowel bacterial overgrowth 1

-drugs:
Reye’s syndrome (aspirin2)
steroids 1
amiodaron3
methotrexate 1
synthetic oestrogens 1
tamoxifen 1
tetracycline 2
antivirals 2 (didanosine, zidovudine, etc)
?calcium-channel blockers 1
?sodium valproate 2
other drugs

- toxins:
alcohol 1
cocaine 2
phosphorus 2
petrochemicals 1,2
organic solvents
certain poisonous mushrooms 1
Bacillus cereus toxin2 (food poisoning)


(1) these cause predominantly a macrovesicular steatosis (due to imbalance in hepatic synthesis and export of lipids)

(2) these cause predominantly microvesicular steatosis (due to defects in mitochondrial function)

(3) these cause hepatic phospholipidosis (accumulation of phospholipids in lysosomes)

www.geocities.com/davidscerri/steatosis.htm
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Have a nice week-end.
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