Abstract
In 22 biopsied liver specimens of malnourished infants with severe rickets, fatty infiltration was found in 12 cases, cloudy swelling in 14 cases, plant cell-like appearance of hepatic cells in 12 cases and zonal necrosis in 3 cases.
These histopathological findings showed no qualitative differences from those obtained from children with nutritional dystrophy without severe rickets.
Fatty liver was found more frequently in younger infants than in the older, and plant cell-like appearance of hepatic cells more frequently in older infants than in the younger.
