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. 2019 Aug 15;3(2):rkz037.
doi: 10.1093/rap/rkz037. eCollection 2019.

ANCA-associated vasculitis of the appendix

Phillip J Leaver  1 , Helena S Jang  1 , Muh G Wong  2   3 , Hwei-Choo Soh  4 , Suran L Fernando  1   3
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ANCA-associated vasculitis of the appendix

Phillip J Leaver et al. Rheumatol Adv Pract. .
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Fig. 1
Histopathology of the appendix (A) Normal mucosa (Haematoxylin and Eosin, ×400). (B) Vessels in the muscularis propria and submucosa with a perivascular lymphohistiocytic infiltrate, associated with fibrinoid necrosis of the vessel wall, intramural inflammatory cells and endothelial hyperplasia (Haematoxylin and Eosin, ×400).
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