ABDOMINAL
GENERALISED LYMPHADENOPATHY
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An autopsy of a male, with a history of a chronic alcohol abuse, revealed a small, firm, micronodular liver. Histological investigation showed a fatty dystrophy of hepatocytes, a formation of small regenerative (false) nodes separated by fibrous septae with lympho-macrophageal infiltration. What is the most likely diagnosis?
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Alcoholic cirrhosis.
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Chronic active alcoholic hepatitis
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Chronic persistent alcoholic hepatitis.
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Toxic dystrophy of liver
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Alcoholic hepatitis is inflammation of the liver caused by drinking alcohol. Alcoholic hepatitis is most likely to occur in people who drink heavily over many years.
Detailed explanation-2: -Alcoholic hepatitis is an acute inflammation of the liver. There is death of liver cells, often followed by permanent scarring. Alcoholic cirrhosis. Alcoholic cirrhosis is the destruction of normal liver tissue.
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