Synonyms

Fatty change in liver

Fatty infiltration of liver

Hepatic steatosis

May Cause

Fatty mass in abdomen

Hepatomegaly

Hyperechoic liver

Low-attenuation liver

Multiple solid liver lesions

Portal hypertension

Sonographically complex hepatic mass

May Be Caused by

 Common

AIDS

Alcoholism

Cystic fibrosis

Diabetes mellitus

Obesity

 Uncommon

Acute hepatitis

Carbon tetrachloride exposure

Corticosteroid therapy

Cushing syndrome

Familial hyperlipidemia

Fructose intolerance

Glycogen storage disease

Glycogen storage disease type 1

Hepatitis

Hepatotoxin

Hyperlipidemia

Jejunoileal bypass

Kwashiorkor

Lipodystrophy

Lipoproteinemia

Malabsorption syndrome

Malnutrition

Medium-chain acyl CoA dehydrogenase deficiency

Peritoneal dialysis

Prolonged fever

Protein deficiency

Reye syndrome

Starvation

Starvation-malnutrition

Total parenteral nutrition

Zieve syndrome