Ultrastructure of oval cells in children with chronic hepatitis B, with special emphasis on the stage of liver fibrosis: The first pediatric study

Figure 2 In the field of massive periportal fibrosis, an intermediate hepatocyte-like cell bigger than hepatic progenitor cell, with the electron-lighter cytoplasm and the nucleus with low heterochromatin content and resembling the hepatocyte nucleus. Cell organelles: a small number and poorly developed. C: collagen fiber bundles (× 7000).