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From: Amoebic liver abscess in a COVID-19 patient: a case report

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Liver biopsy. A Swelling of hepatocytes with increased and pale cytoplasm; B eosinophilic round body (arrow); C binucleated hepatocytes (arrow); D trinucleated hepatocytes (arrow); E homogeneous clearing of hepatocyte nuclei (arrow); F multiple tiny intracytoplasmic fat droplets that do not displace the nucleus (arrow); G necrotic hepatocytes (big arrow) around the central vein (small arrow); H inflammatory infiltrate composed by lymphocytes; I large fibrin thrombus in portal vein branch (arrow); J bile plug in the bile duct (arrow); K bile plug in the bile canaliculi (arrow); L Kupffer cells proliferate and enlarge in response to hepatocyte damage (arrow). The microscope used was a Leica DM500 (Leica Microsystems Inc., IL, United States) and the image was captured with a Samsung Galaxy M20 smartphone (Samsung Electronics, Seoul, South Korea). Images were acquired at a resolution of 20 megapixels and edited with the phone’s own software, then processed using Microsoft® Excel® version 2019 (Microsoft, WA, United States)

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