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Description: Intermediate magnification micrograph of periportal steatosis of the liver, also zone I steatosis, periportal hepatosteatosis and periportal hepatic steatosis. Liver biopsy. Trichrome stain. Features: Macrovesicular (large droplet) steatosis (fat) in zone I. Differential diagnosis of periportal hepatosteatosis - C TAPES: Hepatitis C genotype 3. Total parenteral nutrition. AIDS. Phosphorus poisoning. Exogenous steroid, as may be used for immunosuppression post-organ transplant. Starvation. See also Centrilobular hepatic steatosis. Periportal hepatosteatosis (low magnification).
Title: Periportal hepatosteatosis intermed mag
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