Low LDL Cholesterol Is Not an Independent Risk Factor for Hepatic Steatosis.

Background: Genetic mutations causing defective VLDL secretion and low LDL cholesterol are associated with hepatic steatosis and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD).

Aims: Determine if low LDL cholesterol (< 5th percentile) was an independent predictor of hepatic steatosis.

Methods: Secondary data analysis of the Dallas Heart study (an urban, multiethnic, probability-based sample), we defined hepatic steatosis utilizing intrahepatic triglyceride (IHTG) analyzed using magnetic resonance spectroscopy in conjunction and available demographic, serological and genetic information.

Pylephlebitis Complicated by Hepatic Abscesses due to : A Case of Lemierre's Syndrome Variant and Literature Review.

In gastrointestinal-variant Lemierre syndrome, can cause pylephlebitis and liver abscesses. We report a 62-year-old woman presenting with abdominal pain and altered mental status. Abdominal computed tomography showed hepatic lesions and thrombosis in the superior mesenteric and portal veins.