Veno-occlusive disease of the liver: essential pathology

ABSTRACT

The lesions of veno-occlusive disease of the liver appear to surround blockage of the hepatic veins. For this reason it is suggested that other names - serous hepatosis, collagenosis - used earlier to describe this condition be abandoned and that only the veno-occlusive disease be used. In progressive cases the end-result is non-portal cirrhosis (often with fatal haemorrhage from the oesophageal varices). The pancreas shows lesions which are commonly accepted as associated with protein undernutrition (Summary)