Liver in kwashiorkor. Light micrograph of a section through liver tissue from a patient affected by kwashiorkor, showing fat infiltrates (white). Kwas

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Liver in kwashiorkor. Light micrograph of a section through liver tissue from a patient affected by kwashiorkor, showing fat infiltrates (white). Kwashiorkor is a form of severe malnutrition characterised by oedema (fluid accumulation) leading to swelling of the belly. It also causes an enlarged fatty liver (as here), hairloss, loss of teeth and dermatitis.

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