Question
Identify the cause for the pathological condition of the liver as shown in the image:
A. Alcohol
B. Alpha 1 Antitrypsin deficiency
C. Hepatitis C virus
D. Constrictive pericarditis
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Ans:D. Constrictive pericarditis
Image shows: Centrilobular hemorrhagic necrosis (nutmeg liver). The cut liver section, in which major blood vessels are visible, is notable for a variegated mottled red appearance, representing hemorrhage in the centrilobular regions of the parenchyma.
NUTMEG LIVER
- A nutmeg liver appearance is due to a perfusion abnormality of the liver usually as result of hepatic venous congestion.
Conditions associated with hepatic venous congestion include:
- hepatic veno-occlusive disease
- Budd-Chiari syndrome
- congestive hepatopathy
- right heart failure
- constrictive pericarditis