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                                                                         Cause of Fatty Liver




                            Alcohol-Related                Non-Alcoholic Fatty
                                Liver Disease              Liver Disease

















        Natural History of Fatty Liver






                                     Normal Liver





                                                                                           Steatosis


                                                                               Fat accumulation in liver

                                   Steatohepatitis

                               Fat accumulation that
                          causes inflammation of liver
                          ↑ Liver enzymes (AST, ALT)

                                                                                             Fibrosis


                                                                                        Scaring of liver



                                         Cirrhosis

                                   Hardening of liver


                                                                                     Hepatocellular
                                                                                         Carcinoma


                                                                                          Liver cancer
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