Hepatic subcapsular steatosis in a patient with insulin dependent diabetes receiving dialysis.

Open Access

1 March 1994

journal article
case report
Published by BMJ in Journal of Clinical Pathology

Vol. 47 (3) , 274-275
https://doi.org/10.1136/jcp.47.3.274

Abstract

Fatty change confined to the subcapsular region of the liver is rare and has always been associated with continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis in insulin dependent diabetes. The case of a 41 year old man who died from the complications of his diabetes is reported.

Keywords

INSULIN
COMPLICATIONS OF HIS DIABETES
PERITONEAL DIALYSIS
SUBCAPSULAR STEATOSIS
HEPATIC SUBCAPSULAR

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