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Case Reports
. 2025 Jan-Mar;29(1):80-82.
doi: 10.4103/ijoem.ijoem_117_24. Epub 2025 Mar 31.

Occupational Liver Disease: An Underestimated Entity of Liver Injury

Srived Meda  1 , R Anand Kumar  1 , Balaji Musunuri  1 , Shiran Shetty  1 , Deepak M Nayak  2
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Occupational Liver Disease: An Underestimated Entity of Liver Injury

Srived Meda et al. Indian J Occup Environ Med. 2025 Jan-Mar.

Abstract

Occupational liver disease is certain rare group of liver diseases that are often underdiagnosed. We report a case of liver injury caused due to occupational exposure in a patient presenting with jaundice. In the absence of any competing causes and liver biopsy findings, injury secondary to nitrocompounds have been suspected. The patient improved gradually on changing his job position. This case emphasizes the need for knowledge regarding liver diseases occurring secondary to toxin exposure during work.

Keywords: Liver injury; occupational hazard; toxin induced liver injury.

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(a): Portal tract showing lymphocytic inflammation s/o an interface hepatitis. (b): Lobular hepatocytes showing an occasional focus of ballooning degeneration (arrowhead). (c): Lobules showing intracanalicular bile plugs s/o cholestasis. (d): Reticulin stain showing a maintained architecture
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