Changes

====Appearance of Fatty Change====

====Appearance of Fatty Change====

Liver: this is the predominant organ

 

involved in fatty change.

* '''Liver'''

Grossly, the liver may be greatly

** This is the main organ involved in fatty change.

increased in size;

it is tan to yellowish in colour in

*** May be greatly increased in size.

contrast to the normal reddish brown;

*** Is tan to yellowish in colour.

it is very prone to rupture with slight

**** Is normally reddish brown.

pressure (friable);

*** Very prone to rupture with slight pressure (friable).

*** Parenchyma bulges outwards on being freed from the constraint of the capsule when cut.

parenchyma bulges outwards having been freed

*** Parenchyma is dull, yellowish and greasy.

from the constraint of the capsule;

 

and this parenchyma is dull in appearance,

 

yellowish and greasy.

Kidney: where not normal as in the cat, the cortex appears somewhat paler, but diffuse

Kidney: where not normal as in the cat, the cortex appears somewhat paler, but diffuse

paleness is not the prominent feature as it is in the liver.

paleness is not the prominent feature as it is in the liver.