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A 43-year-old woman comes to the physician complaining of shortness of breath over the past few months. She has had no fever or weight loss over this time period. The patient drinks 2-3 glasses of wine on the weekends and does not consume tobacco or illicit substances. She states her father died of liver disease at the age of 55. Vital signs are within normal limits. Physical examination shows a prolonged expiratory phase and scattered wheezes bilaterally. The liver is palpated 3 cm below the costal margin. There is no palmar erythema, spider angiomata, or ascites noted. Laboratory results are as follows:  
 
 Laboratory value  Result 
 Leukocytes   7,000/mm3 
 Creatinine   0.7 mg/dL 
 Total bilirubin   1.0 mg/dL 
 Glucose  92 mg/dL 
 AST  78 U/L 
 ALT  81 U/L 
Which of the following changes will most likely be observed on histopathological examination of this patient’s proximal and distal acini?

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