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Case #174 – February, 2006

A teenager underwent surgery for a traumatic injury to his abdominal cavity. Apart from the injury, the surgeon noticed some necrosis around the youth’s appendix. A biopsy of that area was obtained and sent to the pathology department. Figures A-D show what was observed on one of the hematoxylin and eosin (H & E) stained slides of tissue section. Figures A, B and D were taken at 200×, and Figure C was taken at 400× magnification, respectively. What is your identification of this additional finding? Based on what criteria?

Figure A

Figure B

Figure C

Figure D

This case was kindly contributed by the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, Bureau of Laboratories.

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