Laparoscopy findings of the yellow spot, a focal fatty liver infiltration
Koch, H.; Henning, H.; Friedrich, K.; Lüders, C.J.
Zeitschrift für Gastroenterologie 22(5): 250-254
1984
ISSN/ISBN: 0044-2771 PMID: 6234714 Document Number: 223961
From 1976 to 1982 in 279 patients amongst 3719 laparoscopies focal fatty liver infiltrates were found at the right and/or left liver edge next to the insertion point of the round ligament. These so-called "yellow spots" mainly could be recognized in case of normal liver tissue and in cases suffering from chronic hepatitis insofar as a cirrhotic transformation or a significant fibrosis had not taken place. The localization and the shape of these focal lesions indicate, that an abnormality in the portal blood supply of the corresponding area may play an etiologic role for the development of the fatty infiltration.