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Ballooning degeneration of hepatocytes is characteristically seen in:
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The correct answer is  With acute hepatitis hepatocyte injury takes the form of diffuse swelling ("ballooning degeneration"), so the cytoplasm looks empty and contains only scattered eosinophilic remnants of cytoplasmic organelles. Ref: Robbins 8th edition Chapter 18.