ballooning degeneration


bal·loon·ing de·gen·er·a·tion

an obsolete term for cells that are infected with certain viruses, resulting in conspicuous swelling of the cell and cytoplasmic vacuolation.
Hepatology A histologic change seen in hepatocytes infected with HAV and HBV; the cells have abundant pale granular cytoplasm; the ‘ground-glass’ granularity of the cells corresponds to viral particles
Neuropathology A descriptive term for the histologic changes of vincristine therapy-induced peripheral neuropathy, enhanced by VP-16