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THE FREQUENCY OF MALLORY BODIES IN LIVER BIOPSIES FROM CHRONIC ALCOHOLICS
Author(s) -
Christoffersen Per,
Nielsen Knud
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
acta pathologica microbiologica scandinavica section a pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.909
H-Index - 88
eISSN - 1600-0463
pISSN - 0365-4184
DOI - 10.1111/j.1699-0463.1971.tb01818.x
Subject(s) - cirrhosis , fatty liver , chronic alcoholic , chronic hepatitis , gastroenterology , alcoholic hepatitis , medicine , alcoholic fatty liver , alcoholic liver disease , chronic alcoholism , infiltration (hvac) , pathology , disease , immunology , virus , physics , thermodynamics
In a material consisting of liver biopsies from 287 consecutive chronic alcoholics Mailory bodies have been found in 29. Of these 18 show cirrhosis and fatty infiltration (corresponding to 44 per cent of the total number of specimens showing cirrhosis and fatty change) and 11 (corresponding to six per cent) show fatty change but no cirrhosis, while Mailory bodies have not been demonstrated in biopsies without fatty change. The incidence of Mailory bodies and alcoholic hepatitis in consecutive materials of liver biopsies from chronic alcoholics appears to be ten and eight cent respectively.