Appendicitis

 

 

Low (left) and high (right) magnification photos of an acutely inflamed appendix. Numerous polymorphonuclear leukocytes and an

occasional eosinophil infiltrate the mucosa, submucosa and muscularis propria. In this case, there was no peritonitis or rupture.

 

1 minute clinical correlation

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