In heart failure, when the heart can longer pump blood forward effectively, the blood tends to stagnate and dams backwards congesting organs such as the liver - congestive hepatopathy. The sites in the liver surrounding veins containing this stagnant dammed blood appear red-brown while the other areas of normal liver look yellow. When seen with the naked eye, this speckling of red-brown against a yellow background gives the liver an appearance similar to that of a grated nutmeg – nutmeg liver.
Reference:
Bayraktar UD, Seren S, Bayraktar Y: Hepatic venous outflow obstruction: Three similar syndromes. World J Gastroenterol, 2007 7;13(13):1912-1927.Go to reference
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