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Peroxisomes usually lacked core and showed flocculent matrices. In male rats, weak peroxisomal proliferation was observed. Typical morphological abnormalities of these peroxisomes were paracrystalline inclusions of striated appearance. Although the most prominent peroxisome proliferation was observed in perivenular hepatocytes, these cells did not seem to be involved in tumor development. In contrast, the morphological similarity of the amphophilic cell foci and the amphophilic\/tigroid cell adenomas and carcinomas, their coincident localization near portal tracts, and the sequential appearance of these lesions suggest that the amphophilic cell foci represent an early stage in DHEA-induced hepatocellular neoplasia. 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