<prompt> Ballooning degeneration of hepatocytes is characteristically seen in:Acute hepatitisChronic hepatitisCirrhosisAll of the above  <response>: With acute hepatitis hepatocyte injury takes the form of diffuse swelling ballooning degeneration, so the cytoplasm looks empty and contains only scattered eosinophilic remnants of cytoplasmic organelles. Ref: Robbins 8th edition Chapter 18. 