The Liver in Ulcerative Disease of the Intestinal Tract: Functional and Anatomic Changes

Article1 June 1959THE LIVER IN ULCERATIVE DISEASE OF THE INTESTINAL TRACT: FUNCTIONAL AND ANATOMIC CHANGESARNOLD S. MONTO, M.D.ARNOLD S. MONTO, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-50-6-1385 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptINTRODUCTIONConsiderable disagreement exists as to the nature of the changes in the liver associated with intestinal amebiasis. The clinical syndrome of diffuse amebic hepatitis is widely accepted, but its histologic specificity in the absence of liver abscesses has been under challenge. Hepatic abnormalities have been reported in a number of other intestinal diseases, such as diverticulitis and intestinal carcinoma without metastasis. 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