Epistemis

Lung (alveoli)

Histology · Respiratory

Four images of lung histology: (Top-left) Normal lung, bronchiole at center, with alveoli (mostly air) surrounding (Top-right) Lung adenocarcinoma showing papillary (finger-like) growth pattern (Bottom-left) Biopsy specimen showing alveoli filled with mucin, suggestive of a nearby adenocarcinoma (Bottom-right) Squamous-cell carcinoma, with alveoli filled with keratin.
Four images of lung histology: (Top-left) Normal lung, bronchiole at center, with alveoli (mostly air) surrounding (Top-right) Lung adenocarcinoma showing papillary (finger-like)…

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PreviousArtery: elastic fibers (elastic staining)
Category
Respiratory
Difficulty
basic
Type
General
Taint
H&E

Origin: "Atlas of Pulmonary Pathology" on Flickr (Yale Rosen, [6] ) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · License CC BY-SA 4.0

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