A patient with partial lipodystrophy, fatty liver and cirrhosis, and autoimmune thyroid disease is described. Treatment with thyroxine led to partial improvement in the hepatic abnormality.

The liver is the most important organ for the well-functioning of other organs because of its vital role in nutrition, metabolism and secretion. Any disturbance in normal homeostasis of liver as it happens in acute liver failure (ALF) and chronic liver disease (cirrhosis) will lead to extra hepatic manifestations of liver disease, among them one is encephalopathy. And this encephalopathy caused...

A solitary spherical mass was found in the caudal part of the cranial lobe of the left lung of a 28-month-old Japanese Black cow. The mass was circumscribed, embedded in the lung parenchyma and not connected to the liver or diaphragm. Histologically, the mass comprised hepatocytes, portal structures consisting of interlobular bile ducts, interlobular arteries and interlobular veins, and central...

A solitary spherical mass was found in the caudal part of the cranial lobe of the left lung of a 28-month-old Japanese Black cow. The mass was circumscribed, embedded in the lung parenchyma and not connected to the liver or diaphragm. Histologically, the mass comprised hepatocytes, portal structures consisting of interlobular bile ducts, interlobular arteries and interlobular veins, and central...

Alcaptonuria is a rare, hereditary, metabolic disorder characterized by a defect in the oxidation of tyrosine (l-3). In this condition homogentisic acid, an intermediary product of tyrosine degradation in mammalian liver, is excreted in the urine. This disorder has been attributed to an abnormality of the enzyme system, homogentisic acid oxidase, but the exact nature of the abnormality has not ...

We present a patient with lymphedema that developed after orthotopic liver transplantation. The cause of the posttransplant lymphedema was likely related to a developmental abnormality of the lymphatic system that was exaggerated by refractory chylous ascites. A peritoneal fluid with a milky appearance, chylous ascites is rich in triglyceride and is caused by the obstruction or disruption of ab...

Total 450 Type2 Diabetic pts aged 35 yrs to >70 yrs attending the OPD at MLB Medical College were studied. Out of 450 pts 89 had abnormal USG. Out of 89 pts, 36 had kidney abnormalities, 32 had liver and 21 had both liver and kidney abnormalities. Most cases showed normal renal size and echogenicity (89%). Grade 1 nephropathy was more common than grade 2 or 3 nephropathy. The most common renal...

An 82-year-old man was diagnosed with a right pleural mesothelioma two and one half years ago. He received no surgery, chemotherapy, or radiation therapy. Six months ago, he developed a pericardial effusion, and a pericardial window was created. During the month before computed tomography (CT) scanning, he complained of increasing abdominal girth, leg edema, and shortness of breath, especially ...