Gastroenterology

Gastroenterology

Volume 149, Issue 6, November 2015, Pages e8-e10
Gastroenterology

Electronic Clinical Challenges and Images in GI
An Enlarging Liver in a Young Diabetic Male

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Answer to: Image 4: Glycogenic Hepatopathy

Liver biopsy demonstrated diffuse clearing of cytoplasm of the hepatocytes with strong periodic acid-Schiff positivity. There was no evidence of fibrosis, steatosis, inflammation, iron staining, or Mallory bodies. Combined with the clinical history of poorly controlled type 1 diabetes, these liver biopsy findings were consistent with glycogenic hepatopathy. Although the patient had alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency, it was not believed to have contributed to his elevated liver enzymes because

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