Tissue Sample (IMAGE)

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Tissue Sample

Caption

Stained human lung tissue from a patient who was on anti-tuberculous therapy and underwent emergency pneumonectomy for massive airway bleeding. A central caseative necrotizing granulomatous lesion is present with a rim of lymphocytes. Within the lesion, black indicates calcification.

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UAB

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