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SUBMITTER: Tsai JH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5935795 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Tsai Jia-Huei JH Ferrell Linda D LD Tan Vivian V Yeh Matthew M MM Sarkar Monika M Gill Ryan M RM
Modern pathology : an official journal of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, Inc 20170303 6
While non-alcoholic steatohepatitis is a slowly progressive disease, patients may rarely present in acute liver failure. We describe six patients who developed severe hepatic dysfunction following rapid weight loss or malnutrition. Rapid weight loss (18 to 91 kg) occurred after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass in four patients and starvation-like dieting or hypoalbuminemia was noted in two patients. Four patients either died or received an urgent liver transplant. Pathologic findings were characterized ...[more]