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Case Reports
. 1989 May;47(5):903-5.
doi: 10.1097/00007890-198905000-00034.

Primary nonfunction of hepatic allografts with preexisting fatty infiltration

S Todo  1 , A J Demetris, L Makowka, L Teperman, L Podesta, T Shaver, A Tzakis, T E Starzl
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Case Reports

Primary nonfunction of hepatic allografts with preexisting fatty infiltration

S Todo et al. Transplantation. 1989 May.
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Figure 1
Figure 1
Pretransplant needle biopsy in Case 2 demonstrating severe macrovesicular steatosis (H&E; original magnification: ×40). Note the large but intracytoplasmic fat vacuoles (inset, H&E; original magnification: ×200). C:central vein; PT:portal tract.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Pathologic findings in the failed allograft (case 2). A. Note the large extracellular fat globules (arrow), and distortion of the hepatic sinusoidal architecture (reticulin stain, original magnification: ×100). CV:central vein; PT:portal tract. B. Closer examination demonstrates the extracellular nature of the fat globules (large arrowhead), focal hepatocellular necrosis, congestion, and mild inflammation (small arrowhead) (H&E; original magnification: ×300) (PT:portal tract).
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