Case of the Week 596
This week's case was donated by Dr. Bobby Boyanton. The images show cross-sections of an appendix from a young girl with chronic abdominal pain. The pathologist became concerned when they saw the following objects within the lumen of the appendix (taken using 4x, 10x, 20x, 20x and 40x objectives, respectively). What's the identification?
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Answer to Case 596:
Plant material; likely plant epidermis from leafy material.