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How does amyloidosis affect the liver?
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Inapparent grossly but may cause hepatomegaly. Starts at space of disse then goes to hepatic parenchyma and sinusoids. Could cause with time deformity, pressure atrophy, hepatocyte disappearance -->total replacement of a large part of the liver. Vascular involvement and deposits in kupffer cells, usually preseved liver function
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