Question
Liver biopsy of an icteric patient shows intensely eosinophilic objects as represented by the black arrow in the photomicrograph below. What can be the diagnosis of this patient?
A. Heart failure.
B. Acute viral hepatitis.
C. Cirrhosis of liver.
D. Wilson’s disease.
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Correct Answer » B
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An intensely eosinophilic objects as represented by the black arrow in the photomicrograph above are the councilman bodies.
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.
