Ultrastructural changes in livers of two patients with hypervitaminosis A.
Hruban Z, Russell R, Boyer J, Glagov S, Bagheri S. Ultrastructural changes in livers of two patients with hypervitaminosis A. American Journal Of Pathology 1974, 76: 451-61. PMID: 4416771, PMCID: PMC1910880.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPerisinusoidal fibrosisDistinctive ultrastructural changesChronic hypervitaminosis ALipid-storing cellsUltrastructural changesHypervitaminosis AHypervitaminosis A.Blood flowCellular atrophyFibrosisIto cellsMesenchymal cellsPatientsBasement membraneLiverMassive accumulationCellsNumerous bundlesAtrophyLymphocytesBullaeImpairmentHepatic Injury from Chronic Hypervitaminosis a Resulting in Portal Hypertension and Ascites
Russell R, Boyer J, Bagheri S, Hruban Z. Hepatic Injury from Chronic Hypervitaminosis a Resulting in Portal Hypertension and Ascites. New England Journal Of Medicine 1974, 291: 435-440. PMID: 4843409, DOI: 10.1056/nejm197408292910903.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAscitesBasement MembraneBiopsy, NeedleChemical and Drug Induced Liver InjuryCollagenFemaleHepatic VeinsHistocytochemistryHumansHypertension, PortalLipid MetabolismLiverLiver CirculationLiver CirrhosisMaleMicroscopy, ElectronMicroscopy, FluorescenceMiddle AgedSclerosisTime FactorsVitamin AConceptsPortal hypertensionHepatic blood flowChronic hypervitaminosis ALiver biopsy materialLipid storage cellsChronic hypervitaminosisFocal congestionVein sclerosisHepatic injuryPerisinusoidal fibrosisHypervitaminosis AChronic ingestionHepatic functionClinical signsHistologic examinationBlood flowUnusual lesionFrozen sectionsIto cellsPerisinusoidal spaceCirrhosisHypertensionAscitesVitaminLike material