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Hepatocellular Small Cell Change
A premalignant neoplastic lesion of the liver. It is characterized by the presence of hepatocytes with decreased cell volume, increased nuclear/cytoplasmic ratio, basophilia, mild nuclear pleomorphism, and hyperchromasia. (NCI Thesaurus)
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