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".
Department of Pathology, Norwegian College of Veterinary Medicine, Oslo.
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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