10. Alcoholic Hepatitis - Medium Power
Inflammation, hepatic steatosis, and Mallory bodies are present in
alcoholic hepatitis. Mallory bodies are cytoplasmic, eosinophilic,
rope-like inclusions within the cytoplasm of hepatocytes.
Ultrastructurally they consist of tangles of cytokeratin intermediate
filaments. Are Mallory bodies pathognomonic for alcoholic hepatitis?
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