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| Atherosclerosis, Aorta
| | Atherosclerotic plaque
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•Field shows atheromatous plaque in intima with no other layers of the arterial wall visible.
•The more deeply pinker staining right upper portion of the field is the sclerotic fibrous cap (
•). The lighter stain elsewhere is due to deposition of neutral fats which are washed out by the tissue processing
for slide preparation.
•Note the slit like clear spaces (black arrow) which were occupied by washed out cholesterol esters crystals
before processing.
•The fine blue stipples throughout are calcific spherules.
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| Contrib. by: UCHC
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