Archives of the AFIP -- RadioGraphics 1996; 16: 871-893

Figure Legend | Panel A | Panel B | Panel C

Figure 3: Meconium ileus. Panel A Photograph (original magnification, X2) of a resected loop of ileum (bisected longitudinally) demonstrates thick, inspissated, dark green meconium (arrowheads) adherent to the mucosal surface. Panel B Photomicrograph (original magnification, X10; hematoxylin-eosin [H-E] stain) shows eosinophilic meconium (M) filling the lumen and adherent to the ileal mucosa. Panel C Photomicrograph (original magnification, X20; H-E stain) of the mucosa demonstrates epithelial cells distended with mucus (arrow). (Courtesy of Eduardo Rucelli, MD, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Pa.).

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