Hepatic lipofuscinosis in healthy Norwegian sheep.
Sheep livers with environmental pigmentation were examined histochemically and by electron microscopy. The pigment granules in hepatocytes and Kupffer cells had abundant lipid droplets; they were interpreted as being a variant of lipofuscins. It is concluded that the presently used descriptive term for the condition, "perilobular liver melanosis" should be replaced by the expression "liver lipofuscinosis".
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Department of Pathology, Norwegian College of Veterinary Medicine, Oslo.
D000818:Animals; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D008062:Lipofuscin / Q000032:analysis*; D008099:Liver / Q000032:analysis* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D009664:Norway; D010860:Pigments, Biological / Q000032:analysis*; D012756:Sheep / Q000378:metabolism*
D008062:Lipofuscin; D010860:Pigments, Biological