Archives of the AFIP -- RadioGraphics

Figure Legend | Panel A | Panel B | Panel C | Panel D

Figure 17: Fatty infiltration of the liver in a 4-month-old girl with CF. Panel A Supine, frontal view of the upper abdomen demonstrates a subtle interface between the normal soft-tissue opacity of the right lateral abdominal wall and the more lucent edge of the right lobe of the liver (arrows). (B and C) Sagittal Panel B and transverse Panel C sonograms of the right lobe of the liver show a coarsely echogenic pattern. By comparison, the kidney appears sonolucent. Panel D Photomicrograph of the liver (original magnification, X10; H-E stain) of another patient shows extensive fatty infiltration (arrowhead) of the hepatocytes. (Courtesy of Eduardo Rucelli, MD, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Pa.).

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