title: [Forensic medical evaluation of the morphological alterations of the liver in drug abuse].
abstract: Application of a morphometric method for investigation of chronic virus hepatitis in drug addicts and persons rejecting drug abuse is described. Chronic hepatitis in narcomania runs with frequent formation of lymphoid follicules in the portal tracts, relatively inactive portal hepatitis in marked lobular component of inflammation, pronounced fibrosis and early formation of micronodular hepatic cirrhosis, proliferation of biliary ducts, high neutrophil, eosinophil and macrophage content in the infiltrate, accumulation of macrophages in the portal tracts by granuloma type. These criteria are recommended for diagnosis of narcomania by morphological findings.
authors.forename: Iu I
authors.initials: IuI
authors.lastname: Pigolkin
authors.forename: I N
authors.initials: IN
authors.lastname: Bogomolova
authors.forename: D V
authors.initials: DV
authors.lastname: Bogomolov
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002102:Cadaver; D056487:Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury, Chronic / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005554:Forensic Medicine; D006525:Hepatitis, Viral, Human / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009294:Narcotics / Q000506:poisoning; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D009294:Narcotics