Cell Swelling Hydropic Degeneration

4 MORPHOLOGY OF CELL INJURY AND CELL DEATH 16.4.1 Cell Swelling (Hydropic Degeneration) 

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Because of the loss of ionic balance, the water content of the cell increases (swelling or hydropic degeneration and membrane blebs occur). 

Liver cell degenerations (hydropic swelling, eosinophilic degeneration, pin cells, hyaline bodies) and cell polymorphy, single cell necrosis in the form of (acidophilic) Councilman bodies, infiltration of lymphocytes, macrophages and activated stellate cells (yet only few plasma cells and neutrophilic granulocytes), proliferation of sinusoidal cells. 

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