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. 1983 Jul;36(7):769–771. doi: 10.1136/jcp.36.7.769

Liver damage with reversible portal hypertension from vitamin A intoxication: demonstration of Ito cells.

P Guarascio, B Portmann, G Visco, R Williams
PMCID: PMC498385  PMID: 6863568

Abstract

A patient with sudden onset of ascites and hepatosplenomegaly made a complete recovery after vitamin A was withdrawn. Fluorescence microscopy on embedded tissue provided a simple method of demonstrating the accumulation of fat storage (Ito) cells in the liver.

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