Mallory bodies
Mallory bodies (mal-eri) pl. n. large irregular masses located in the hepatocytes of the liver. They are found in patients with alcoholic hepatitis, Wilson's disease, primary biliary cirrhosis, severe obesity, and hepatocellular carcinoma. [ F. B. Mallory (1862–1941), US pathologist]
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