Non Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
Fatty liver or NAFLD is excessive accumulation of lipid in hepatocytes. Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) includes simple fatty infiltration (a benign condition called fatty liver), whereas nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is defined as the presence of fat leading to lipotoxicity and inflammatory damage to hepatocytes. Histologically, NASH is difficult to distinguish from alcoholic hepatitis. Thus […]