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'''Ballooning degeneration''' is a histomorphologic change seen in [[liver pathology]]. It is indicative of [[steatohepatitis]].<ref name=pmid14585234>{{Cite journal | last1 = Liangpunsakul | first1 = S | last2 = Chalasani | first2 = N | title = Treatment of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease. | journal = Curr Treat Options Gastroenterol | volume = 6 | issue = 6 | pages = 455-463 | month = Dec | year = 2003 | doi = | PMID = 14585234 }}</ref> | |||
==General== | |||
*A form of apoptosis.<ref name=pmid17355088>{{Cite journal | last1 = Yip | first1 = WW | last2 = Burt | first2 = AD | title = Alcoholic liver disease. | journal = Semin Diagn Pathol | volume = 23 | issue = 3-4 | pages = 149–60 | month = | year = 2006| doi = 10.1053/j.semdp.2006.11.002| pmid = 17355088 }}</ref> | |||
==Microscopic== | |||
Features: | |||
*Central nucleus. | |||
**"Fat cells" have peripheral nucleus. | |||
*Cytoplasm cleared with "whisps" or cobbwebs. | |||
*Large relative to normal hepatocyte. | |||
**2-3X normal size.<ref>Guindi, M. 16 September 2009.</ref> | |||
Notes: | |||
*The term is used only in conjunction with ''[[steatohepatitis]]''. | |||
*''[[Feathery degeneration]]'' is the term used in the context of cholestasis. | |||
**It is usually periportal. | |||
DDx: | |||
*[[Feathery degeneration]] - has noticable bile. | |||
===Images=== | |||
<gallery> | |||
Image:Ballooning_degeneration_high_mag_cropped.jpg | Ballooning degeneration. (WC/Nephron) | |||
</gallery> | |||
www: | |||
*[http://www.uthscsa.edu/hscnews/EnlargePicture.asp?PicName=LiverBeforeTreatment_BODY.jpg Ballooning degeneration (uthscsa.edu)]. | |||
*[http://library.med.utah.edu/WebPath/LIVEHTML/LIVER039.html Ballooning degeneration (med.utah.edu)]. | |||
==See also== | |||
*[[Feathery degeneration]]. | |||
*[[Steatohepatitis]]. | |||
*[[Steatosis]]. | |||
==References== | |||
{{Reflist|2}} | |||
[[Category:Liver pathology]] | |||