Abstract
SUMMARY. Liver biopsy was performed in 3 patients who had previously received methotrexate treatment and in 32 patients considered for this treatment. One of the methotrexate treated patients had a granulomatous hepatitis and pronounced steatosis. The other 2 had moderate fatty infiltration. Pathological steatosis was observed in 16 of 32 patients not given methotrexate. Two of these patients had cirrhosis of the liver. Abuse of alcohol and obesity were common among patients with pathological liver findings. Fatty liver may be of special clinical significance in patients receiving hepatotoxic therapy like methotrexate.
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