Moth-eaten necrosis
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