A liver transplant recipient with an infected explanted liver.
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Figure 2. Magnification ( 400) of figure 1, showing the eggs within the uterus of Clonorchis sinenis. Figure 1. Micrograph of a liver biopsy specimen from the patient’s explanted liver showing Clonorchis sinensis in intrahepatic biliary ducts, with labeled structures. A, Intrahepatic bile duct; B, C. sinensis uterus filled with eggs; C, seminal receptacle; D, cecum; E, vitellaria. (Hematoxylin and eosin stain; original magnification, 100).
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
دوره 40 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2005