Normal Liver

 

Gross:

    • 1400-1600g

 

Histologic features:

    • 1-2 cell-thick plates of hepatocytes
      • minimal variation in overall size of hepatocytes
    • lined by thin endothelial cells
    • Kupffer cells scattered on luminal surface of endothelial cells
    • Fat-containing perisinusoidal stellate cells scattered in the space of Disse
    • nuclei may vary in size, number, and ploidy