Extensive and rapid death of parenchymal cells in the LIVER, often due to exposure to toxic materials or drug-induced injury. It is characterized by a soft, flabby, yellow-brown wrinkled, and shrunken liver. It was called "acute yellow atrophy".
Also Known As:
Acute Yellow Atrophy; Acute Yellow Atrophy of Liver; Acute Yellow Atrophies; Drug induced Hepatic Necrosis; Drug-induced Hepatic Necroses; Fulminant Hepatitides; Hepatic Necrosis, Drug-induced; Hepatic Necrosis, Massive; Hepatic Necrosis, Submassive; Necrosis, Drug-induced Hepatic; Necrosis, Submassive Hepatic; Submassive Hepatic Necroses; Yellow Atrophy, Acute; Drug-induced Hepatic Necrosis; Fulminant Hepatitis; Hepatitis, Fulminant; Submassive Hepatic Necrosis