Alcoholic foamy degeneration: an unusual presentation of the alcoholic liver disease diagnosed on autopsy

• Main Authors: Rashmi Joshi (Author), Mayur Parkhi (Author), Anjali Gupta (Author), Terence Susngi (Author), Ashwani Kumar (Author), Deba Prasad Dhibar (Author), Suvradeep Mitra (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: University of São Paulo, 2023-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Alcoholic foamy degeneration (AFD) is an uncommon presentation of alcoholic liver disease (ALD) with characteristic histologic findings of foamy-looking hepatocytes due to the presence of abundant microvesicles of fat within the cytoplasm predominantly in perivenular and midzonal regions without inf...