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A lipid storage disorder (or lipidosis) is any one of a group of inherited metabolic disorders in which harmful amounts of fats or lipids accumulate in some body cells and tissues. [1] People with these disorders either do not produce enough of one of the enzymes needed to metabolize and break down lipids or, they produce enzymes that do not ...
Fatty liver disease (FLD), also known as hepatic steatosis and steatotic liver disease (SLD), is a condition where excess fat builds up in the liver. [1] Often there are no or few symptoms. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Occasionally there may be tiredness or pain in the upper right side of the abdomen . [ 1 ]
Hepatic microvascular dysplasia (HMD or MVD) or portal atresia is a disorder where mixing of venous blood and arterial blood in the liver occurs at the microscopic level. It occurs most commonly in certain dog breeds such as the Cairn and Yorkshire terriers although any dog breed may be at risk. [1] [2] [3] This disease may also be found in cats.
In Bristol University's study Children of the 90s, 2.5% of 4,000 people born in 1991 and 1992 were found by ultrasound scanning at the age of 18 to have non-alcoholic fatty liver disease; five years later transient elastography (fibroscan) found over 20% to have the fatty deposits on the liver of steatosis, indicating non-alcoholic fatty liver ...
Liver disease, or hepatic disease, is any of many diseases of the liver. [1] If long-lasting it is termed chronic liver disease . [ 3 ] Although the diseases differ in detail, liver diseases often have features in common.
There are three main types of extra-hepatic biliary atresia: [citation needed] Type I: Atresia is restricted to the common bile duct. Type II: Atresia of the common hepatic duct. Type III: Atresia involves the most proximal part of the bile ducts (>95% of all cases). In approximately 10% of cases, other anomalies may be associated with biliary ...
In children, CPSS may present as neonatal cholestasis. These complications are generally induced by long term portosystemic derivations and are more commonly observed in children than in adults. [9] Unexplained neurocognitive dysfunction and other behavioural issues linked to hepatic encephalopathy occur in 17% to 30% of cases. [7]
Infectious canine hepatitis (ICH) is an acute liver infection in dogs caused by Canine mastadenovirus A, formerly called Canine adenovirus 1 (CAV-1). Canine mastadenovirus A also causes disease in wolves , coyotes , and bears , and encephalitis in foxes . [ 1 ]