Ballooning degeneration of hepatocytes is characteristically seen in:
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.
Acute hepatitis
Chronic hepatitis
Cirrhosis
All of the above