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Chemically-Induced Disorders > Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions > Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury > Massive Hepatic Necrosis
Chemically-Induced Disorders > Poisoning > Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury > Massive Hepatic Necrosis
Digestive System Diseases > Liver Diseases > Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury > Massive Hepatic Necrosis
... > Digestive System Diseases > Liver Diseases > Hepatic Insufficiency > Liver Failure > Liver Failure, Acute > Massive Hepatic Necrosis

Preferred term

Massive Hepatic Necrosis  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Acute Yellow Atrophies
  • Acute Yellow Atrophy
  • Acute Yellow Atrophy of Liver
  • Yellow Atrophy, Acute

Scope note

  • Extensive and rapid death of parenchymal cells in the LIVER, often due to exposure to toxic materials or drug-induced injury. It is characterized by a soft, flabby, yellow-brown wrinkled, and shrunken liver. It was called "acute yellow atrophy".

History note

  • 2005; use LIVER DISEASES 1997-2004

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D047508

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