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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Magn Reson Imaging. 2011 Nov 3;30(2):283–289. doi: 10.1016/j.mri.2011.09.023

Figure 2. Effect of APAP toxicity on liver histology.

Figure 2

Mice were treated with APAP (200 mg/kg IP) and sacrificed at 2, 4, 8 or 24 h (panels B-E, respectively). Some mice received saline (panel A). Other mice received APAP+NAC (panel F). Arrows indicate areas of necrosis. At 2 h (B), there was centrilobular pallor in the hepatocytes surrounding the central vein and the nuclei were shrunken in some cells. By 4 h (C), the regions of necrosis were defined and progressed in extent by 8 h (D). By 24 h (E), the central veins were collapsed and filled with cellular debris and frank hemorrhage was present. The progression of necrosis was halted in the mice treated with APAP+NAC (F).