peliosis /pel·i·o·sis/ (pel″e-o´sis) purpura.
peliosis hepatis
peliosis he´patis a mottled blue liver, due to blood-filled lacunae in the parenchyma.
peliosis hep·a·tis (h p  -t s)n. The presence of blood-filled cavities in the liver. |
peliosis
purpura.
peliosis hepatis
focal, blood-filled spaces in the liver. Occurs in poisoning by pimelea in cattle. See also telangiectasia.
peliosis hepatis
A liver enlarged by multiple cavernous blood-filled cysts due to use of OCs and androgenic steroids; PH may be associated with CA and TB; a distinct form–bacillary PH, occurs in AIDS. See Bacillary angiomatosis.
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