CIRRHOSIS OF THE LIVER ASSOCIATED WITH ALCOHOLISM; REPORT OF ACUTE EXACERBATION WITH SERIAL LIVER BIOPSIES
Authors: W D DAVIS, W S CULPEPPER
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1948)

Case Reports1 November 1948CIRRHOSIS OF THE LIVER ASSOCIATED WITH ALCOHOLISM; REPORT OF ACUTE EXACERBATION WITH SERIAL LIVER BIOPSIESWILLIAM D. DAVIS JR., M.D., WALTER S. CULPEPPER, M.D.WILLIAM D. DAVIS JR., M.D.Search for more papers by this author, WALTER S. CULPEPPER, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-29-5-942 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe pathologic demonstration of the changes occurring during the course of cirrhosis of the liver has, until the recent revival of interest in liver biopsy, depended on the collection of single specimens of series of postmortem examinations or sporadic operations. Only rarely has there been available more than one observation on a given patient. Consequently, a series of liver biopsies obtained during a period of acute activity in a case of cirrhosis of the liver is of sufficient interest to justify reporting this case.CASE REPORTG. W. T., a 42 year old white highway engineer, was admitted to Touro...Bibliography1. DAVISSCOTTLUND WDRWHZ: Needle biopsy of the liver, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1946, ccxii, 449. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. DAVIS TD: Acute cirrhosis of the liver, Virginia Med. Monthly, 1943, lxx, 233. Google Scholar2a. SEWARD BP: Discussion of DAVIS.2 Google Scholar3. KEEFERFRIES CSED: Fatty liver—its diagnosis and clinical course, Trans. Assoc. Am. Phys., 1942, lvii, 283. Google Scholar4. HALLMORGAN EMWA: Progressive alcoholic cirrhosis, Arch. Path., 1939, xxvii, 672. Google Scholar5. ADDISON D: Fatty degeneration of the liver, Guy's Hosp. Rep., 1836, i, 476. Google Scholar6. CONNOR CL: Fatty infiltration of liver and development of cirrhosis in diabetes and chronic alcoholism, Am. Jr. Path., 1938, xiv, 347. Google Scholar7. MALLORY FB: Cirrhosis of the liver, Bull. Johns Hopkins Hosp., 1911, xxii, 69. Google Scholar8. MALLORY FB: Principles of pathologic histology, 1914, W. B. Saunders, Philadelphia, p. 504. Google Scholar9. HALLOPHÜLS EMW: Progressive alcoholic cirrhosis; report of 4 cases, Am. Jr. Path., 1925, i, 477. Google Scholar10. KARSNER HT: Morphology and pathogenesis of hepatic cirrhosis, Am. Jr. Clin. Path., 1943, xiii, 569. CrossrefGoogle Scholar11. MALLORY TB: Personal communication. Google Scholar12. LUCKEMALLORY BT: The fulminant form of epidemic hepatitis, Am. Jr. Path., 1946, xxii, 867. Google Scholar13. LUCKE B: Pathology of fatal epidemic hepatitis, Am. Jr. Path., 1944, xx, 471. Google Scholar14. LICHTMAN SS: Diseases of the liver, 1942, Lea & Febiger, Philadelphia. Google Scholar15. KLOTZBELT OTH: Pathology of liver in yellow fever, Am. Jr. Path., 1930, vi, 663. Google Scholar16. GILLMANGILLMAN JT: Structure of liver in pellagra, Arch. Path., 1945, xl, 239. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: New Orleans, Louisiana*Received for publication July 23, 1947.From the Departments of Medicine, Tulane University of Louisiana School of Medicine, and the Ochsner Clinic, New Orleans. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited bySummary of the 2016 Alcohol and Immunology Research Interest Group (AIRIG) meetingChronic alcohol ingestion modulates hepatic macrophage populations and functions in miceInflammation in Alcoholic Liver DiseaseMALLORY BODIES IN LIVER BIOPSIES WITH FATTY CHANGES BUT NO CIRRHOSISENHANCING THE SUSCEPTIBILITY OF CHICKS TO MYELOID LEUKAEMIA VIRUS BY MYELOID-CELL STIMULATIONSclerosing Hyaline Necrosis of the Liver in the Chronic Alcoholic A Recognizable Clinical SyndromeHUGH A. EDMONDSON, M.D., F.A.C.P., ROBERT L. PETERS, M.D., TELFER B. REYNOLDS, M.D., F.A.C.P., OLIVER T. KUZMA, M.D.Acute Fatty Metamorphosis of the LiverMARTIN GOLDBERG, M.D., CHARLES M. THOMPSON, M.D., F.A.C.P.Postnecrotic Cirrhosis in AlcoholicsPathologic aspects of cirrhosisLiver Disease of the Chronic Alcoholic Simulating Extrahepatic Biliary ObstructionMyocardial insufficiency in association with cirrhosis of the liverASPIRATION BIOPSY OF THE LIVER with Special Reference to the Method of Iversen-Roholm. 1 November 1948Volume 29, Issue 5Page: 942-958KeywordsAlcoholismAutopsyBiopsyCirrhosisEngineersLiver ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 November 1948 PDF downloadLoading ...