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(Created page with "''As of spring 2020 this topic is not part of the curriculum, so you shouldn’t have to learn it.'' '''Staining''': HE '''Organ''': Liver '''Description''': There are five characteristics that can be seen: # Some hepatocytes are swollen with very pale cytoplasm. This is called ballooning degeneration # Some hepatocytes have no nuclei. This indicates necrosis # Some hepatocytes have bright eosinophilic inclusion bodies called Mallory bodies # Fibrosis is visible # N...")
 
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''As of spring 2020 this topic is not part of the curriculum, so you shouldn’t have to learn it.''
[[File:Alcoholic hepatitis - overview.png|thumb|Overview]]''As of spring 2020 this topic is not part of the curriculum, so you shouldn’t have to learn it.''


'''Staining''': HE
'''Staining''': HE
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# Fibrosis is visible
# Fibrosis is visible
# Neutrophils are present
# Neutrophils are present
 
[[File:Alcoholic hepatitis - neutrophils.png|thumb|I’m not sure all those leukocytes are neutrophils but at least some of them are. You can recognize them by their slightly U-shaped nucleus.]]'''Diagnosis''': Alcoholic hepatitis
'''Diagnosis''': Alcoholic hepatitis


'''Causes''':
'''Causes''':
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''All the characteristics are visible around the big portal triad, so I’d suggest you start looking there.''
''All the characteristics are visible around the big portal triad, so I’d suggest you start looking there.''
[[File:Alcoholic hepatitis - overview.png|center|thumb|Overview]]
[[File:Alcoholic hepatitis - fibrosis.png|thumb|Fibrosis in the portal triad|left|329x329px]]
[[File:Alcoholic hepatitis - neutrophils.png|center|thumb|I’m not sure all those leukocytes are neutrophils but at least some of them are. You can recognize them by their slightly U-shaped nucleus.]]
[[File:Alcoholic hepatitis - Mallory bodies.png|thumb|Mallory bodies kinda look like RBCs inside hepatocytes]]
[[File:Alcoholic hepatitis - fibrosis.png|center|thumb|Fibrosis in the portal triad]]
[[File:Alcoholic hepatitis - ballooning degeneration.png|thumb|Ballooning degeneration of hepatocytes|left]]
[[File:Alcoholic hepatitis - Mallory bodies.png|center|thumb|Mallory bodies kinda look like RBCs inside hepatocytes]]
[[File:Alcoholic hepatitis - ballooning degeneration.png|center|thumb|Ballooning degeneration of hepatocytes]]
[[Category:Pathology 2 - Histopathology slides]]
[[Category:Pathology 2 - Histopathology slides]]