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Fig. 4

From: Adult intussusception secondary to an appendiceal tumour in a patient with ulcerative colitis: a case report

Fig. 4

Macroscopic and microscopic histopathological tissue from proximal appendix: a illustrates the gross histological appendiceal specimen and b histological section showing a low-grade appendiceal mucinous neoplasm which involves the entire length of the appendix. The lesion undermines colonic mucosa at the caecal pole (red arrow) demonstrating ulceration and granulation tissue. Mucoid material can be seen extruding from the appendix (blue arrows), and mucinous goblet cells can be seen within low-grade neoplastic epithelium (green arrows) (b, c)

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