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The increased prominence of the portal areas largely reflects biliary hyperplasia. The proliferating bile ductules/cholangioles are accompanied by sparse leukocytes (chiefly small lymphocytes) and by a mild excess of collagen. The latter in part reflects genuine fibrosis (portal or biliary fibrosis) but condensation of original connective tissue due to parenchymal atrophy is probably also contributing.
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