This is a real-world medical entrance exam question, please give the true answer based on the question and selection. Topic name: None, Subject name: Pathology
Liver biopsy of an icteric patient shows intensely eosinophilic objects called as Councilman bodies. What can be the diagnosis of this patient? 
Select and explain. 
A. Hea failure, B. Acute viral hepatitis, C. Cirrhosis of liver, D. Wilson's disease
B: Acute viral hepatitis
Answer: B: Acute viral hepatitis 
Explanation: Councilman bodies (acidophil or apoptotic body) are individual hepatocyte necrosis, in which a dead hepatocyte is identifiable as a shrunken, intensely eosinophilic, round body with no or a pyknotic nucleus. They lie free in the sinusoid. They found in the liver of individuals suffering from viral hepatitis, yellow fever, or other viral syndrome. Ref: The Washington Manual of Surgical Pathology: Depament of Pathology and ... By Peter A. Humphrey, Louis P. Dehner, John D. Pfeifer, 2008, Page 209 ; Biopsy Interpretation of the Liver by Stephen A. Geller, Lydia M. Petrovic, Page 90