Table 1.
Possible causes for steatosis hepatis
| Causes | |
| Metabolic | |
| Abetalipoproteinemia | |
| Glycogen storage diseases | |
| Weber-Christian disease | |
| Wolmans disease | |
| Acute fatty liver of pregnancy | |
| Lipodystrophy | |
| Iron overload syndromes | |
| α-1-antitripsin deficiency | |
| Nutritional | |
| Malnutrition | |
| Total parenteral nutrition | |
| Severe weight loss | |
| Refeeding syndrome | |
| Jejuno-ileal bypass | |
| Gastric bypass | |
| Jejunal diverticulosis with bacterial overgrowth | |
| Inflammatory | |
| HIV1 | |
| Chronic Hepatitis C infection | |
| Drugs | |
| Methotrexate | |
| Diltiazem | |
| HAART2 | |
| Amiodarone | |
| Glucocorticoids | |
| Toxins | |
| Alcohol | |
| Environmental hepatotoxins (e.g. toxic mushroom) | |
| Wilsons disease | |
| Autoimmune | |
| Autoimmune hepatitis | |
| Celiac disease |
1
HIV: Human immunodeficiency virus;
2
HAART: Highly active anti-retroviral therapy.