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→Hydropic Degeneration
===Hydropic Degeneration===
===Hydropic Degeneration===
Hydropic degeneration - often indicates severe cellular damage due to viruses and is
* Hydropic degeneration often indicates severe cellular damage due to viruses.
a more severe or advanced form of cellular swelling in
** Is a more severe or advanced form of cellular swelling.
which
* There are two types of hydropic degeneration, in which:
*# The cells may swell up like a balloon prior to their destruction.
*#* '''Balloning Degeneration'''
*# There is a discrete bleb (vacuole) of fluid within the cytoplasm.
*#* '''Vacuolar Degeneration'''
====Ballooning Degeneration====
and may occur in a variety of
conditions, but particularly viral conditions of epithelial tissue.
conditions, but particularly viral conditions of epithelial tissue.
The best example is 'Foot and Mouth Disease' where
The best example is 'Foot and Mouth Disease' where
trace of a scar.
trace of a scar.
====Vacuolar Degeneration====
the second type, the excess water is transferred to the
endoplasmic reticulum (ER) which swells and eventually fragments, leaving a fluid vacuole
endoplasmic reticulum (ER) which swells and eventually fragments, leaving a fluid vacuole
in the cytoplasm. It commonly occurs in cells such as the hepatocyte, renal tubular
in the cytoplasm. It commonly occurs in cells such as the hepatocyte, renal tubular