Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis associated with small intestinal diverticulosis and bacterial overgrowth.
A patient with hepatic histological features of steatohepatitis in association with small bowel diverticulosis and bacterial overgrowth is described. A similar histological picture in the liver is well recognised in association with bacterial overgrowth in excluded loops of small intestine. Jejunal diverticulosis should be considered as a correlate of para-alcoholic hepatitis.
Nazim
M
M
Department of Medicine, Royal Postgraduate Medical School, Hammersmith Hospital, London, England.
Stamp
G
G
Hodgson
H J
HJ
D000368:Aged; D001419:Bacteria / Q000254:growth & development; D004240:Diverticulum / Q000382:microbiology*; D004241:Diverticulum, Colon / Q000382:microbiology; D005235:Fatty Liver, Alcoholic / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006519:Hepatitis, Alcoholic / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007579:Jejunal Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*