Moth-eaten necrosis

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As Mottenfraßnekrose destroying will liver parenchymal cells by necrosis and apoptosis at the edge of a liver lobule in the sense of well known boundary zones hepatitis designated. Moth-eaten necrosis is a typical histological finding in chronic aggressive hepatitis .

At the same time, lymphohistiocytic inflammation of the portal fields can be seen ( i.e. lymphocytes and histiocytes can be detected; also, to a lesser extent, plasma cells ).

literature

  • Henryk Dancygier: Clinical Hepatology. Basics, diagnosis and treatment of hepatobiliary diseases Gabler 2003, extracts online , p. 143