Alcoholic foamy degeneration: an unusual presentation of the alcoholic liver disease diagnosed on autopsy
Rashmi Joshi,
Mayur Parkhi,
Anjali Gupta
et al.
Abstract:Alcoholic foamy degeneration (AFD) is an uncommon presentation of alcoholic liver disease (ALD) with characteristic histologic findings of foamy-looking hepatocytes due to the presence of abundant microvesicles of fat within the cytoplasm predominantly in perivenular and midzonal regions without inflammation and fibrosis. It is underdiagnosed as the patients quickly recover after alcoholic abstinence and are rarely caught on biopsies. AFD has better prognosis than alcoholic hepatitis, and the injury mechanism … Show more
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