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hepatocytic ground glass inclusions
Monday 20 October 2003
hepatocytic ground glass inclusions, ground-glass hepatocytes
Etiology
virus B (HVB) infection
glycogen storage disease type IV (glycogenosis type IV - amylopectinosis - GSD4)
Lafora bodies: Lafora disease (myoclonus epilepsy)
Lafora-like bodies (Lafora-like inclusions)
- isolated (#2172143)
- alcohol aversion therapy by cyanamide or disulfiram
drugs inducing proliferation of endoplasmic reticulum
- phenobarbital
- phenytoin
proteic cytoplasmic accumulation
References
Vazquez JJ. Ground-glass hepatocytes: light and electron microscopy. Characterization of the different types. Histol Histopathol. 1990 Jul;5(3):379-86. PMID: 1966881
