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| ===Ballooning degeneration=== | | ===Ballooning degeneration=== |
| *Central nucleus.
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| **"Fat cells" have peripheral nucleus.
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| *Cytoplasm cleared with "whisps" or cobbwebs.
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| *Large relative to normal hepatocyte.
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| **2-3X normal size.<ref>Guindi, M. 16 September 2009.</ref>
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| *The term is used only in conjunction with ''[[steatohepatitis]]''.
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| *''Feathery degeneration'' is the term used in the context of cholestasis.
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| **It is usually periportal.
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| ====Images====
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| <gallery>
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| Image:Ballooning_degeneration_high_mag_cropped.jpg | Ballooning degeneration. (WC/Nephron)
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| </gallery>
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| www:
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| *[http://www.uthscsa.edu/hscnews/EnlargePicture.asp?PicName=LiverBeforeTreatment_BODY.jpg Ballooning degeneration (uthscsa.edu)].
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| *[http://library.med.utah.edu/WebPath/LIVEHTML/LIVER039.html Ballooning degeneration (med.utah.edu)].
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| ===Ground glass hepatocytes=== | | ===Ground glass hepatocytes=== |