Chronic Passive Congestion

Chronic Passive Congestion •Cut surface of the liver showing the typical "nutmeg" picture of a chronic passive congestion. •This lesion represents alternate areas of dark red color (due to the congestion of the central veins), surrounded by paler, yellowish colored, periportal hepatocytes, which often show evidence of fatty change. •The fatty metamorphosis is responsible for the yellowish coloration. (Description By:T.V. Rajan, M.D., Ph.D. ) (Image Contrib. by:Melinda Sanders, M.D. UCHC )