Intestinal Biopsy Showing Damage (IMAGE)

Columbia University Irving Medical Center

Intestinal Biopsy Showing Damage

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This is a biopsy of small intestine showing villous atrophy, i.e., flat villi.

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Image courtesy of Govind Bhagat, MBBS, professor of pathology and cell biology, Columbia University Medical Center.

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