Annotate the micrograph below to show the effects of alcohol on liver tissue?

by Ken Lund

Annotate the micrograph below to show the effects of alcohol on liver tissue?The micrograph below is of a patient who has Alcoholic Hepatitis.

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Annotate the micrograph above to show the effects of alcohol on liver tissue compared to normal liver tissue?

Answer by eigenfunxion
Alcoholism leads to greater storage of lipids in the liver. Fats appear as empty space in histological slide because the fixing process dissolves the fat. The large empty space used to be lipid droplets... these are not usually present in the liver like this.

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