脂肪肝是临床常见的弥漫性肝病，常缺乏特异的临床表现，极少数可发展成肝硬化。如果早期诊断、早期治疗，可以阻止脂肪肝的进一步发展，甚至使其逆转。但目前国内外对之研究不甚深入。为进一步了解脂肪肝的发病机理及治疗情况，就有关脂肪肝的中西医研究现状综述如下。1现代医 Fatty liver is a common clinical diffuse liver disease, often lack of specific clinical manifestations, very few can develop cirrhosis. If the early diagnosis, early treatment, can prevent the further development of fatty liver, and even make it reverse. However, the research at home and abroad is not thorough. To further understand the pathogenesis of fatty liver and treatment, on the status of fatty liver in Western medicine are summarized below. 1 modern medicine