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Here is an image of the large intestine (near the splenic flexure) of a patient who went through a period of prolonged hypoperfusion prior to death.

 

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Can you distinguish between the normal and diseased colon on the histologic sections.

This is a similar to the process you saw in the patient with hypoperfusion injury to the brain.

 

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