A 16-year-old boy sustained blunt trauma to the abdomen when the vehicle he was driving struck a bridge abutment at high speed. Peritoneal lavage shows a hemoperitoneum, and at laparotomy, a small portion of the left lobe of the liver is removed because of the injury. Several weeks later, a CT scan of the abdomen shows that the liver has nearly regained its size before the injury. Which of the following processes best explains this CT scan finding?
A) Apoptosis
B) Dysplasia
C) Fatty change
D) Hydropic change
E) Hyperplasia
F) Hypertrophy
G) Metaplasia