Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis in obesity: a reversible condition.
Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis is a rare complication of obesity with laboratory and histological features indistinguishable from alcoholic hepatitis. Three patients with 50-60% overweight and steatohepatitis are reported. All responded with normalization of the biochemical and/or histological changes after modest weight reduction.
D000328:Adult; D001835:Body Weight; D005234:Fatty Liver / Q000209:etiology*; D005235:Fatty Liver, Alcoholic / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006505:Hepatitis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications* / Q000178:diet therapy