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Examination of 51 human liver specimens with the modified Kupffer's gold impregnation method confirmed the presence and distribution of fat-storing cells in various kinds of diseased livers such as fatty liver, acute centrolobular necrosis, subacute massive necrosis and cirrhosis as well as in liver cell carcinoma. In normal liver, gold-reactive fat-storing cells were distributed in the central area or diffusely in lobules. In the liver with marked fatty change and obstructive jaundice, presence of fat-storing cells was able to be clarified by this method. In cases of acute hepatocellular necrosis, the necrotic areas contained a large number of fat-storing cells in contrast to adjacent areas. In cases of subacute massive hepatic necrosis and cirrhosis, the areas with abundant newly formed collagen fibers (type III collagen) contained many gold-reactive fat-storing cells. In the septa consisting of dense type I collagen fibers, by contraries, fat-storing cells were hardly visible. The features suggested that fat-storing cells are closely related to intralobular fibrogenesis. In one case of liver cell carcinoma, there were many gold-reactive fat-storing cells in tumour tissue.
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PMID:Pathological study on gold impregnation of fat-storing cells in human liver. 723 21

Medicinal agents can produce various types of hepatic injury by several mechanisms. Hepatic injury may lead to acute syndromes that resemble viral hepatitis, fatty liver of pregnancy, and obstructive jaundice, as well as to a number of chronic syndromes. Acute liver damage relates, at least in part, to the apparent mechanism of injury. Hepatic injury induced by large single overdose of intrinsically toxic drugs (e.g., acetaminophen, ferrous salts) develops within 24 to 72 hours of intake and usually is accompanied by renal failure. Regular intake of some toxic drugs, (e.g., methotrexate) leads to slowly evolving chronic disease. Liver damage due to hypersensitivity-type idiosyncrasy usually appears after 1 to 5 weeks of taking the drug unless there has been previous exposure and is preceded or accompanied by systemic features that are hallmarks of hypersensitivity. Hepatic injury attributable to metabolic idiosyncrasy may appear after weeks to months of taking the drug and usually presents without the systemic features. Organs other than the liver may be involved in the syndrome of drug-induced injury as the result of selective injury or as part of a hypersensitivity reaction.
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PMID:General aspects of drug-induced liver disease. 874 97

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most frequent primary liver malignancy and the third cause of cancer-related death in the Western Countries. The well-established causes of HCC are chronic liver infections such as hepatitis B virus or chronic hepatitis C virus, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, consumption of aflatoxins and tobacco smocking. Clinical presentation varies widely; patients can be asymptomatic while symptomatology extends from right upper abdominal quadrant paint and weight loss to obstructive jaundice and lethargy. Imaging is the first key and one of the most important aspects at all stages of diagnosis, therapy and follow-up of patients with HCC. The Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer Staging System remains the most widely classification system used for HCC management guidelines. Up until now, HCC remains a challenge to early diagnose, and treat effectively; treating management is focused on hepatic resection, orthotopic liver transplantation, ablative therapies, chemoembolization and systemic therapies with cytotocix drugs, and targeted agents. This review article describes the current evidence on epidemiology, symptomatology, diagnosis and treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma.
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PMID:From diagnosis to treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma: An epidemic problem for both developed and developing world. 2883 28


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