General and Systemic Histopathology, C601&C602
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Look at how profoundly
edematous all aspects of this fallopian tube are. We are going to
focus on the mucosal folds, but the inflammatory features are present throughout
this specimen. See this slide with the virtual microscope. |
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Note the thickened and inflamed mucosal folds. You should see many acute inflammatory cells in both the wall of the fallopian tube itself and submucosal tissues. You might want to compare this sample to a normal slide to see how really thickened the wall and the mucosal folds are. This is most likely due to a bacterial infection although it could be chlamydial. |