- Obesity
- Reyes syndrome
- Tetracyclines
- Acute fatty liver of Pregnancy
Correct Answer : Obesity
Ref: Harrisons 17th edition page no 1982
Obesity is not a cause of microvesicular steatosis ; it is a cause of macrovesicular steatosis
Causes of microvesicular steatosis
Acute fatty liver of pregnancy
Reye’s syndrome
Hepatitis D
Drugs – Tetracycline, Valproate
Causes of Macrovesicular Steatosis
Insulin resistance, hyperinsulinemia
Centripetal obesity
Type 2 diabetes
Drugs
Glucocorticoids
Estrogens
Tamoxifen
Amiodarone
Nutritional
Starvation
Protein deficiency (Kwashiorkor)
Choline deficiency
Liver disease
Wilson disease
Chronic hepatitis C—genotype 3
Indian childhood cirrhosis
Jejunoileal bypass
Obesity is not a cause of microvesicular steatosis ; it is a cause of macrovesicular steatosis
Causes of microvesicular steatosis
Acute fatty liver of pregnancy
Reye’s syndrome
Hepatitis D
Drugs – Tetracycline, Valproate
Causes of Macrovesicular Steatosis
Insulin resistance, hyperinsulinemia
Centripetal obesity
Type 2 diabetes
Drugs
Glucocorticoids
Estrogens
Tamoxifen
Amiodarone
Nutritional
Starvation
Protein deficiency (Kwashiorkor)
Choline deficiency
Liver disease
Wilson disease
Chronic hepatitis C—genotype 3
Indian childhood cirrhosis
Jejunoileal bypass
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