Liver: What is spot necrosis?
A small area of necrosis
Liver: What are characteristics of an apoptotic hepatocyte?
Shrinkage and pyknosis
Liver: What are characteristics of balloon degeneration?
Swollen cytoplasm, eosinophilic enlarged nucleus -> karyoreksis
Liver: What are characteristics of bridging necrosis?
Necrosis that extends between lobules, such as portal-portal or central-central bridging
Liver: What are two histopathological characteristics of a chronic HBV infection?
Ground glass (light eosinophilic cytoplasm, clear halo) and sanded nuclei (pale eosinophilic, finely granular)